muscule

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A form of muscle — A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

OriginLatin musculus →
First used Middle English – 18th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounmuscule (plural muscules)

plural muscules

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of muscle.First known use Middle English – 18th c.

    For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.

    1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Use of Organized Bodies”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], →OCLC, 1st book, paragraph 18, page 27

Origin

  1. Latinmusculus
  2. Englishmuscule

From Latin musculus. Compare French muscule, Portuguese músculo.

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APA

muscule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscule

MLA

“muscule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscule.

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