Pronounced: boo-key-NEEST, noun
Notes: My guess at the meaning was way off the mark
Yesterday’s word
The word myology is
- the study of muscles
- the muscular anatomy of a person or of an animal
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Clearly, the -ology ending of our word means “study”; the first part is myo-/my- (muscle), but it came from the Greek word mys (mouse; muscle). Interesting that the same word is used for “muscle” and “mouse” — it’s because some think that flexing a muscle (such as ones biceps) resembles the movement of a mouse.
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