musculous

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musculous

/ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs/ UK
/ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/ US

Sounds like musculus · Rhymes with -ʌskjʊləs

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From late Middle English, from Middle French musculeux (“composed of muscle”), from Latin mūsculōsus (“muscular, fleshy”), from mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).

adjective more musculous · most musculous

archaic, relational Made up of muscle or muscle tissue; muscular. [T]he rest of the capacity of the clusters was […] in others fill'd with some kind of substance; in blue Flies, with a reddish musculous substance, with fibres tending from the center or bottom outwards […].
archaic Characterised by well-developed muscles; muscular, muscly.
obsolete, relational Pertaining to muscle; involving the use of muscles; muscular.

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@misc{musculous_2026,
  title = {musculous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musculous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}