physique
noun
Origin of physique
Related Words for physique
habit, body, figure, form, nature, frame, makeup, character, habitus, anatomy, shape, corpus, configuration, type, structure, constitution, builtExamples from the Web for physique
Contemporary Examples of physique
He exploited a physique that most would try desperately to diminish.
And young men developed a sense for the age of a girl and her physique, purely from the way she walked.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the VeilManal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights
October 30, 2014
The other is a Jersey bruiser, with a (much-discussed) physique reminiscent of Tony Soprano after a doughnut bender.
Slim trousers appeared to have been constructed of a kind of mesh, the tiny holes aerating the physique.
But they appear to be cut for the sort of woman who has the physique of a 12-year-old boy.
Historical Examples of physique
The physique of the true fashionable is peculiar and characteristic.
Our workmen and soldiers are large in physique, but dwarfed of intellect.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
It was growing stronger and stronger, as my physique remained undeveloped.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
She was slight of figure and stronger of will than physique, but she did not feel the cold.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
But that is all the more reason for trying to preserve our physique.
Another SheafJohn Galsworthy