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 feisch.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg., C iij. The other is flesshe musculous or lacertous yt is harde as bawme styffe or 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, brawdy, musculous, sinewy.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lacertosus, having or full of muscle, lacertous.
