Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinewous

/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sinewous
IPA: /ˈsɪn.ju.əs/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of sinewy.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous."
"[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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: synewous
Suffix: sinew

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more sinewous (comparative) most sinewous (superlative)

Synonyms

sinewy

Homonyms

sinuous

Questions

How do you pronounce sinewous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪn.ju.əs/.
What does sinewous mean?: Synonym of sinewy.
Where does sinewous come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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