sinewish

English

Etymology

sinew +‎ -ish

Adjective

sinewish (comparative more sinewish, superlative most sinewish)

1. (obsolete) sinewy
   • 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

     his bodie hairie, as also not fleshie but sinewish and strong compact

References

• “sinewish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.