плечистый

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Russian

Etymology

плечо́ (plečó) +‎ -и́стый (-ístyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

плечи́стый (plečístyj) (comparative (по)плечи́стее or (по)плечи́стей)

  1. broad-shouldered
    Synonym: широкопле́чий (širokopléčij)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава первая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Молодо́й Рыжо́в поро́дою удался́ в мать: он был ро́слый, плечи́стый, — почти́ атле́т, необъя́тной си́лы и несокруши́мого здоро́вья.
      Molodój Ryžóv poródoju udalsjá v matʹ: on byl róslyj, plečístyj, — počtí atlét, neobʺjátnoj síly i nesokrušímovo zdoróvʹja.
      The young Ryzhov took after his mother’s kind: he was tall, broad-shouldered—almost an athlete, of boundless strength and indestructible health.

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