long-waisted

[lawng-wey-stid, long-]

adjective

1. of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of long-waisted¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

It’s well known that he had affairs with many of his principal dancers — nearly all of them swan-necked, long-waisted, with improbable wingspans — and he played favorites.

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That was actually our brilliant, brilliant costume designer Donna Zakowska’s idea when we started the show was to make sure that I was corseted because it changes the shape of my body to a much more period shape and that kind of long-waisted thing that those beautiful clothes highlight, but it completely changes the way I walk and carry myself and my posture and even the way I talk because I can't breathe that well.

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In the 1950s the trend was very long-waisted.

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Even aside from his long-waisted baby body, there is something logy and jowly about him; he seems like Khrushchev on Thorazine.

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Appearing contentedly amused, she is short-haired, long-waisted, long-legged, and small-breasted: a period knockout, at the age of forty-four.

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