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.
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piece, figure, effigy, image, bust, likeness, statuary, sculpture, marble, bronze, icon, statuette, stalk, stem, frame, carcass, thing, shape, object, condition
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Origin of torso
1715–25; < Italian: stalk, trunk of statue < Latin thyrsus < Greek thýrsos wand, stem
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torso
noun plural -sos or -si (-sɪ)
Word Origin for torso
C18: from Italian: stalk, stump, from Latin: thyrsus
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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).
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torso
[tôr′sō]
n. pl. tor•sos
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