This week’s theme
Words derived from the names of parts of the body

This week’s words
caltrop
chagrin
sinewy
repugn
rubberneck

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SIN-you-ee)

MEANING:

adjective: Strong; tough; stringy; forceful.

ETYMOLOGY:

From sinew, from Old English seon(o)we, sionwe, etc. Earliest documented use: 1382.

USAGE:

“Lewis Shiner moved more and more into a lean, sinewy prose style.”
James E. Gunn and Matthew Candelaria; Speculations on Speculation; Scarecrow Press; 2005.

See more usage examples of sinewy in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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