Pronunciations
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/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/
Adjective
Synonym of sinewy.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous.
More examples (1)
[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.