torson.

Brit.

/ˈtɔːsəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtɔrsoʊ/

Forms: Plural torsos.

Etymology: < Italian torso stalk, stump (e.g. of a cabbage), core (of apple or pear), trunk of a statue < Latin thyrsus stalk, stem (of a plant), < Greek θύρσος the thyrsus n. or Bacchic wand. The common Romanic form was *turso-, whence also Old French tors, tros, trous, Provençal tros, Spanish trozo stem, stump.

1. Sculpture. The trunk of a statue, without or considered independently of head and limbs; also, the trunk of the human body. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso

block1535

term1604

busto1626

torse1634

terminus1638

busty1684

bust1691

shoulder-piece1692

protome1737

torso1797

portrait bust1827

terminal1876

term figure1880

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun]

bodyeOE

lichOE

bouka1225

stocka1387

trunka1513

corsage?1518

torso1864

core1972

1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. xlvii. 144 The thigh, and torso, or body, from the neck to the hip, are inimitable.

1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 20 43 An antique female statue, or rather the torso of a statue, had formerly stood in the library at Wolfenbüttel.

1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. ii. 29 The torso of Apteral Victory is 4 ft. 9 in. in height.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. v. 52 Headless and legless torsos.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ii. 8 With..too much torso in his waistcoat.

1875 F. Wey Rome xxiii. 300 The Torso of the Belvedere, a colossal fragment of Herculean stature... Michelangelo studied it to such a degree that he was wont to call himself pupil of the Torso.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 296 Clad only in a waist-cloth, his torso was fully revealed.

2. figurative. Something left mutilated or unfinished.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] > something left incomplete

bosh1726

skeleton1796

torso1825

1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan xvi. 534 And exhibit little more than the mere Torso of his eloquence.

1852 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 240 We have seen only the brief and mutilated torso of your speech.

1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains iii. 132 Headless epics, glorious torsos of dramas.

1906 H. Black Edinb. Serm. 56 Without Christ the Old Testament is only a torso.

Compounds

torso-tosser n. slang a hootchy-kootchy dancer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun] > dancer

belly dancer1893

torso-tosser1927

bubble dancer1934

shake dancer1956

1927 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 29 134/2 A kootch or hootchie kootchie dancer is a ‘torso tosser’.

1954 F. P. Keyes Royal Box 361 Barbara Villiers, a torso-tosser who got to be no less than the Duchess of Cleveland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	torso
释义	torson. Brit. /ˈtɔːsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtɔrsoʊ/ Forms: Plural torsos. Etymology: < Italian torso stalk, stump (e.g. of a cabbage), core (of apple or pear), trunk of a statue < Latin thyrsus stalk, stem (of a plant), < Greek θύρσος the thyrsus n. or Bacchic wand. The common Romanic form was turso-, whence also Old French tors, tros, trous, Provençal tros, Spanish trozo* stem, stump. 1. Sculpture. The trunk of a statue, without or considered independently of head and limbs; also, the trunk of the human body. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso block1535 term1604 busto1626 torse1634 terminus1638 busty1684 bust1691 shoulder-piece1692 protome1737 torso1797 portrait bust1827 terminal1876 term figure1880 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [noun] bodyeOE lichOE bouka1225 stocka1387 trunka1513 corsage?1518 torso1864 core1972 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. xlvii. 144 The thigh, and torso, or body, from the neck to the hip, are inimitable. 1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 20 43 An antique female statue, or rather the torso of a statue, had formerly stood in the library at Wolfenbüttel. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. ii. 29 The torso of Apteral Victory is 4 ft. 9 in. in height. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. v. 52 Headless and legless torsos. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ii. 8 With..too much torso in his waistcoat. 1875 F. Wey Rome xxiii. 300 The Torso of the Belvedere, a colossal fragment of Herculean stature... Michelangelo studied it to such a degree that he was wont to call himself pupil of the Torso. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 296 Clad only in a waist-cloth, his torso was fully revealed. 2. figurative. Something left mutilated or unfinished. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] > something left incomplete bosh1726 skeleton1796 torso1825 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan xvi. 534 And exhibit little more than the mere Torso of his eloquence. 1852 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 240 We have seen only the brief and mutilated torso of your speech. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains iii. 132 Headless epics, glorious torsos of dramas. 1906 H. Black Edinb. Serm. 56 Without Christ the Old Testament is only a torso. Compounds torso-tosser n. slang a hootchy-kootchy dancer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun] > dancer belly dancer1893 torso-tosser1927 bubble dancer1934 shake dancer1956 1927 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 29 134/2 A kootch or hootchie kootchie dancer is a ‘torso tosser’. 1954 F. P. Keyes Royal Box 361 Barbara Villiers, a torso-tosser who got to be no less than the Duchess of Cleveland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1797
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