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adj
Made up of muscle or muscle tissue; muscular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, relational
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adj
Characterised by well-developed muscles; muscular, muscly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adj
Pertaining to muscle; involving the use of muscles; muscular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, relational
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History
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).
