bodybuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.də/
ipa: /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/
ipa: [ˈbɑː.ɾiˌbɪɫ.ɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɒdibɪldə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bodybuilders
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-
Proto-West Germanic *bodag
Old English bodiġ
Middle English bodi
English body
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English byldere
English builder
English bodybuilder
From body + builder.
Senses: examples: text: Physique of powerful bodybuilder (below) is like piece of sculpture. Buffs strive for the well-rounded body, disdain the professional weightlifter, who merely develops a number of very specialized muscles.
ref: December 1964, “Muscles are his business”, in Ebony, volume 20, number 2, page 148:
text: Because it is necessary for a muscle to rest while it grows and because of the importance of balanced development, most competitive bodybuilders train on a split routine; they work certain parts of the body one day and rest those muscles the next while they work the others, alternating like that six days a week.
ref: 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, “chapter 2”, in Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding:
text: In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.
ref: 1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, “chapter 4”, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
related: word: body-builder
synonyms: builder
glosses: A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
examples: text: COACH BODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell.
ref: 1881 June 10, “Situations Vacant”, in The Age, number 8212, Melbourne, Vic., front page, column 6:
text: COACHMAKERS.—Wanted, three IMPROVERS to the bodymaking, all new work. Greenfield and Callaway, bodybuilders to the trade, Milson’s Steam Works, 121, Liverpool-street.
ref: 1881 December 12, “Professions, Trades, &c.”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 13,635, Sydney, N.S.W., page 12, column 2:
text: WANTED, First-class Coachsmith and Bodybuilder.—Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Wellington.
ref: 1882 February 11, “Wanted”, in The Auckland Evening Star, volume XIII, number 3,591, Auckland, page [3], column 3:
text: WANTED, a first-class Wheelwright and Bodybuilder; state where last employed. Apply to A. Gilmore, Tauranga.
ref: 1883 March 29, The Evening Post, volume XXV, number 73, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
text: WANTED, BODYBUILDER to repair Cabs. 39 Turner-street. Redfern.
ref: 1890 October 23, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 16,406, Sydney, N.S.W., page 8, column 3:
text: WANTED, a good Wheelwright and Bodybuilder: a constant job. Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Victoria-street.
ref: 1892 November 11, The Evening Post, volume XLIV, number 113, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
text: BODYBUILDERS.—Ted., Redfern,—Go to shop where you met me with bicycle,—a chance.
ref: 1894 August 8, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 17,593, Sydney, N.S.W., page 10, column 6:
text: WANTED, first-class BODYBUILDER. Apply W. Brett, Rozelle, Balmain.
ref: 1897 December 29, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 18,655, Sydney, N.S.W., page 10, column 5:
text: BLACKSMITHS and bodybuilders. Fulton & Walker Co., 20th and Filbert.
ref: 1899 July 14, “Male Help Wanted”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 141, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa., page 10, column 1:
glosses: Rare form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
Related terms: bodybuilding
gym rat
mass monster
muscle god
muscle morph