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tendony

tendony adjective: full of visible tendons.

Adjective

tendony (comparative more tendony, superlative most tendony)

  1. Full of visible tendons.
    • She was in her bare feet and Mr Keogh noticed that they were big and tendony.1985, Bernard MacLaverty, Irish Times, Short story, 'Across the Street'
    • a tendony hand

Forms of tendony

comparativemore tendony
superlativemost tendony

Origin of tendony

From tendon + -y.

Questions about tendony

What does tendony mean?
Tendony means full of visible tendons.
What part of speech is tendony?
Tendony is an adjective.

Words near tendony in the dictionary

  1. tendonogenic
  2. tendonopathy
  3. tendonous
  4. tendons
  5. tendons of Achilles
  6. tendony
  7. tendoplasties
  8. tendoplasty
  9. tendosynovial
  10. tendosynovitis
  11. tendosynovium

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