muscularity

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English muscular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English muscularity From muscular + -ity.

1. Synonym of musculature.

   “The muscularity in his forearm was visible as he flexed his fingers.”

2. The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.

   “Focussed exercise brought out the muscularity in her calves.”

   “She has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.”

3. The use of strength.

   “I won’t promote the silencing of dissent through verbal muscularity.”