单词 | sinewous |
释义 | sinewous, a.|ˈsɪnjuːəs| Also 5 synew-, 7 sinnew-, 8 sineuous. [f. sinew n. + -ous.] Sinewy; also fig., strenuous, vigorous. In quot. 1745 perh. intended for synovial.
1495Trevisa's De P.R. v. xxv. 134 The necke is synewous to make wylfull meuynge. 1586Hooker Hist. Irel. ii. x. in Holinshed, His armes and other lims more sinewous than fleshie. 1663in Kendall Travels (1809) I. xii. 143 Errors corrupt, by sinnewous dispute, He did oppugne and clearly them confute. 1745Eliza Heywood Female Spect. III. 298 They [sc. snails] are..furnished with a sineuous juice, which, distilling from their pores, becomes a hard consistence. 1861Lytton & Fane Tannhäuser 13 Men, who..scann'd His sinewous frame, compact of pliant power. |

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