English Explanatory Dictionary

musclebound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
  2. Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
  3. Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌsəlˌbaʊnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-musclebound.wav

Word forms

musclebound more musclebound most musclebound muscle-bound

Etymology

From muscle + bound.

Related words

musclesome
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