Beefy
An adjective, beefy means hefty, or strongly built with large muscles. It also means something like beef (meat from cattle).
Origin:
The term beefy has been in use in English since the mid-18th Century. It derives from Old French boef which in turn came from Latin bos or bov meaning “ox”. The adjective is a combination of “beef (noun) in the colloquial sense of human muscle” +”y” (adjective suffix meaning “characterised by”).
Usage:
The stranger who came home last night, was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck.
The child who initially felt intimidated by the presence of beefy bodyguards at the entrance soon became friendly with them.
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