sinewish

adj

sinewish

adj

Etymology From sinew + -ish.

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Obsolete sinewy

his bodie hairie, as also not fleshie but sinewish and strong compact1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

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