sinewish

English

Etymology

From sinew +‎ -ish.

Adjective

sinewish (comparative more sinewish, superlative most sinewish)

(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.