muscular（adj.）
1680年代，“与肌肉有关的”，源自拉丁语 musculus（见 muscle（n.））+ -ar。早期的同义词是 musculous（15世纪初，源自拉丁语 musculosus）。意思是“肌肉发达的，强壮的，有着发达的肌肉”，始于1736年。 Muscular Christianity（1857）最初是指英国国教会牧师和小说家查尔斯·金斯利（1819-1875）的哲学，他拒绝了这个术语。 Muscular dystrophy 自1877年以来被证实。
You have used that, to me, painful, if not offensive, term, 'Muscular Christianity.' My dear Sir, I know of no Christianity save one, which is the likeness of Christ, and the same for all men, viz., to be transformed into Christ's likeness, and to consecrate to His service, as far as may be, all the powers of body, soul, and spirit, regenerate and purified in His Spirit. All I wish to do is, to say to the strong and healthy man, even though he be not very learned, or wise, or even delicate-minded--in the aesthetic sense: 'You, too, can serve God with the powers which He has given you. He will call you to account for them, just as much as he will call the parson, or the devout lady.' [letter, Oct. 19, 1858, to a clergyman who in a review had called him a "muscular Christian"]
你用了那个对我来说痛苦，如果不是冒犯的术语，“肌肉基督教”。亲爱的先生，我只知道一种基督教，那就是基督的样子，对所有人都一样，即被转化为基督的样子，并在他的灵中奉献身体，灵魂和精神的所有力量，得到重生并在他的灵中得到净化。我想做的就是对强壮和健康的人说，即使他不是很有学问，或者不很聪明，甚至不是很细腻的人 - 在审美意义上：“你也可以用上帝赐予你的力量来服务上帝。他将像牧师或虔诚的女士一样要求你对他负责。”[信，1858年10月19日，写给一位在评论中称他为“肌肉基督教徒”的牧师]
该词起源时间：1680年代