muscularity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English muscular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English muscularity From muscular + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of musculature.
The muscularity in his forearm was visible as he flexed his fingers.
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(countable, uncountable) The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.
She has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.
1974, Mark Smith, “Nymphomania”, in The Death of the Detective, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, book 1 (Prelude to Murder), page 78:Focussed exercise brought out the muscularity in her calves.
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(countable, uncountable) The use of strength.
I won’t promote the silencing of dissent through verbal muscularity.
2018 October 13, Judith Taylor, “I’m a woman who imitated the swagger of an entitled white male — and it got results”, in The Star:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| muscularities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
it muscolosità (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · es muscularidad (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · pl muskularość (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · fr muscularité (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · ru мускулистость (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · cy cyhyrogrwydd (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed) · nl gespierdheid (degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed)