musclebound

[ muhs-uhl-bound ]

adjective

1. having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
2. rigid; inflexible:

   musclebound rules.

Word History and Origins

Origin of musclebound¹

First recorded in 1875–80; muscle + -bound ¹

Example Sentences

Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC TV series “Tarzan,” has died, his daughter says.

From Los Angeles Times

A security guard had summoned them after seeing the musclebound Romo violently yank 24-year-old Mirelle Mateus, his on-and-off girlfriend, into his apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

Squeezed into tightfitting Lycra costumes, they have been wielding oversized pugil sticks, running around floating scaffolds and chasing only slightly less musclebound members of the public up walls, in front of a cheering crowd.

From New York Times

He talked of an accelerating “African awakening,” of a resolve to “fight our own battles,” of a refusal to be banished to the children’s table while the musclebound great powers of the 20th century moved chess pieces around the board.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Anger appears in it as a young man who has a sadomasochistic encounter with a group of musclebound sailors, one of whom undoes his pants to reveal a Roman candle.

From New York Times