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  • adjective Excessively muscled.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ muscled

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Examples

  • On top of it, frozen in stride, stands what looks like a comic-book Nordic warrior's overmuscled right leg, wearing a thong-stitched boot and bearing—though no belt or hand is visible—a similarly stitched sack, perhaps filled with gold or jewels.

    Abstracts (Subtle or Semi) And Bold Dimensions Peter Plagens 2011

  • Even if the rescuer is a great, overmuscled, bossy, selfish oaf.

    Iraqis Embrace Democracy. Do We? Bret Stephens 2010

  • Even if the rescuer is a great, overmuscled, bossy, selfish oaf.

    Iraqis Embrace Democracy. Do We? Bret Stephens 2010

  • A second later Gorilla Man lumbered into the room and stood, staring me down, with his overmuscled arms folded high across his chest.

    The Limit Kristen Landon 2010

  • My impression was that Crypt would rampage through the course of this event like an overmuscled Grim Reaper, getting Medieval and wreaking wholesale slaughter on the Image universe, as seen on this cover, for example:

    EXTREME SACRIFICE 2010

  • Tally scanned the crowd, searching for anyone who seemed out of place: a little too confident, overmuscled, and suntanned from living in the wild.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • Even if the rescuer is a great, overmuscled, bossy, selfish oaf.

    Iraqis Embrace Democracy. Do We? Bret Stephens 2010

  • My impression was that Crypt would rampage through the course of this event like an overmuscled Grim Reaper, getting Medieval and wreaking wholesale slaughter on the Image universe, as seen on this cover, for example:

    Archive 2010-02-07 2010

  • I have as much of a weakness for a broad, manly chest as the next gay guy, but for me the overmuscled Barbie look fails on its own terms, namely esthetic.

    Leaving The Gay Ghetto 2008

  • Nice to see a reasonable Sentry cover, though I prefer him not to be horribly overmuscled.

    Judging (Marvel’s March) Books By Their Covers | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

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