torsi

[tawr-see]

noun

a plural of torso.

torso

[tawr-soh]

noun, plural tor·sos, tor·si [tawr-see] /ˈtɔr si/.

the trunk of the human body.

a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.

something mutilated or incomplete.

Origin of torso

1715–25; < Italian: stalk, trunk of statue < Latin thyrsus < Greek thýrsos wand, stem

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Related Words for torsi

piece, figure, effigy, image, bust, likeness, statuary, sculpture, marble, bronze, icon, statuette, stalk, stem, torso, frame, carcass, thing, shape, object

British Dictionary definitions for torsi

torsi

noun

rare a plural of torso

torso

noun plural -sos or -si (-sɪ)

the trunk of the human body

a statue of a nude human trunk, esp without the head or limbs

something regarded as incomplete or truncated

Word Origin for torso

C18: from Italian: stalk, stump, from Latin: thyrsus

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Word Origin and History for torsi

torso

1797, from Italian torso "trunk of a statue," originally "stalk, stump," from Vulgar Latin *tursus, from Latin thyrsus "stalk, stem," from Greek thyrsos (see thyrsus).

torsi in Medicine

torsi

[tôr′sē]

n.

A plural oftorso

torso

[tôr′sō]

n. pl. tor•sos

The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.