thews

We have found lemma(root) word of thews : thew.

Definitions


[θjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- muscular strength
(e.g: brains and brawn, thought and thew)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English thēaw ‘usage, custom’, (plural) ‘manner of behaving’, of unknown origin. The sense ‘good bodily proportions, muscular development’ arose in Middle English




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