Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

musculous

/ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cu-lous
IPA: /ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made up of muscle or muscle tissue; muscular.

Archaic

adj

Characterised by well-developed muscles; muscular, muscly.

Archaic

adj

Pertaining to muscle; involving the use of muscles; muscular.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[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 […]."

Etymology

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).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -, musculeux, mūsculōsus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/
British English: /ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more musculous (comparative) most musculous (superlative)

Derived Forms

muscular

Homonyms

musculus

Rhymes With

musculus corpusculous

Questions

How do you pronounce musculous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/.
What does musculous mean?: Made up of muscle or muscle tissue; muscular.
Where does musculous come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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