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Italian
Etymology
From muscolo + -oso, or from Latin musculōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.skoˈlo.zo/, (traditional) /mu.skoˈlo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: mu‧sco‧ló‧so
Adjective
muscoloso (feminine muscolosa, masculine plural muscolosi, feminine plural muscolose)
- muscular
c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il corpo umano”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 107:Comincia la tua anatomia all’omo perfetto, e poi lo fa vecchio e men muscoloso, po’ va spogliando a gradi insino all’ossa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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