musclebound

English

adj
Definitions
  • Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
  • (pejorative) Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
  • (figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Etymology

Compound from English muscle (from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches) + English bound (tied, connected, destined to).

Origin

English

bound

Gloss

tied, connected, destined to

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