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sinewous

/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/

sinewous adjective: synonym of sinewy.

Adjective

sinewous (comparative more sinewous, superlative most sinewous)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of sinewy.
    • His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous.1587 January, Raphael Holinshed, “The Description of Meilerius”, in The Second Volume of Chronicles: Conteining the Description, Conquest, Inhabitation, and Troublesome Estate of Ireland; […], 2nd...
    • [T]rothful men, who once / Look’d in his lordly, luminous eyes, and scann’d / His sinewous frame, compact of pliant power, / Aver he was the fairest-favour’d knight / That ever, in the light of ladies’ looks, / Made gay these goodly halls.1861, Neville Temple [pseudonym; Julian Fane]; Edward Trevor [pseudonym; Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton], Tannhäuser; or, The Battle of the Bards. A Poem., London: Chapman and Hall, […]...
    Synonyms:
    sinewy

Synonyms of sinewous

Forms of sinewous

comparativemore sinewous
superlativemost sinewous

Origin of sinewous

From Middle English synewous, equivalent to sinew + -ous.

Questions about sinewous

What does sinewous mean?
Sinewous means synonym of sinewy.
What part of speech is sinewous?
Sinewous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sinewous?
Sinewous is pronounced /ˈsɪn.ju.əs/.

Words near sinewous in the dictionary

  1. sinewiness
  2. sinewing
  3. sinewish
  4. sinewless
  5. sinewlessness
  6. sinewous
  7. sinews
  8. sinews of war
  9. sinewy
  10. Sinești
  11. Sinfin

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