clean-limbedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From clean (“shapely, well-proportioned”) +‎ limbed (“having limbs of a specified kind または quality”, adjective).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkliːnˈlɪmd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌklinˈlɪmd/

形容詞

clean-limbed (comparative more clean-limbed, superlative most clean-limbed)

1. (dated) Having a slender, athletic body; lithe.
   • 1898, Gertrude Atherton, chapter VI, in The Valiant Runaways, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, OCLC 5205691, page 60:

     He was big and clean-limbed and sinewy, with small cunning eyes, a resolute mouth and chin, and an air of perfect fearlessness. Roldan warmed to him, and looked with admiration and envy at the muscles on his splendid limbs.

   • 1920 December, Wilber Wales Wheeler, “Angel Man”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LXXI, number 3, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1921, OCLC 1031610151, page 573, column 2:

     He was one of those clean-cut and clean-limbed men that young girls like to dream about—frank, honest, and with a keen sense of humor—for a man.