† lacertose, lacertous, a. Obs.
Also 5 lacertos, 6 lazartus.
[ad. L. lacertōsus (OF. lacertos), f. lacertus lacert2: see -ous.]
Consisting of muscles; having large muscles; muscular.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 107 (Ashm. MS.) Þe skyn þat is aboue þe brayn panne is lacertose [Add. MS. lacertos] and ful of þicke fleisch. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. C iij, The other is flesshe musculous or lacertous y{supt} is harde as bawme styffe of knotty. 1548–77 Vicary Anat. iii. (1888) 25 The Skinne of the head is more lazartus, thicker, and more porrus than any other Skinne of any other member of the body. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Lacertose, having great Brawns, brawny, musculous, sinewy. 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Lacertosus, having or full of muscle, lacertous. |