tournuren.
/ˈtʊən(j)ʊə//ˈtɔːn(j)ʊə/ 1. (Graceful) manner or bearing; cultivated address.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > polish or refinement of manners
urbanityc1475
policya1522
gesture1580
politure1593
polishedness1594
facetiousness1644
politeness1655
politesse1683
refinement1704
refinedness1711
polish1713
tournure1748
smoothness1832
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1240 The easy manners and tournure of the world.
1816 Sporting Mag. 47 118 That ease and tournure so indispensable in the composition of a gentleman.
1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. ii. 11 Her manner was easy and graceful, with a good deal of French tournure.
1878 Cornhill Mag. June 687 She had the tournure of a princess.
2. The turning of language or of a phrase; mode of expression. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression > turn of phrase
express1644
expression1646
turn1685
tour1686
façon de parler1804
tournure1815
rephrasing1881
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris (ed. 2) xii. 194 The tournure [(ed. 1) tourneur] of the phrase, when a woman is spoken to cannot be mistaken.
3. Contour, outline, shape (of a limb, etc.).
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [noun]
featurec1325
making1340
staturec1380
statea1387
bonea1400
figurec1400
makec1425
corpulence1477
corsage1481
makdom1488
mouldc1550
corporature1555
frame1566
dimension1600
limit1608
set1611
timber1612
compact1646
taille1663
fabric1695
moulding1815
physique1826
tournure1827
build1832
form1849
body type1866
body build1907
somatotype1940
size1985
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xv. 299 Touched in with freedom—a grand tournure—great goût in the swell of the neck.
1841 Countess of Blessington Idler in France I. xv. 354 There was the same classic tournure of heads and profiles.
1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich v. 119 The tournure of the elbow is shapely.
1864 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. You have..the exquisite tournure of a figure, the subtle trick of a ridiculous expression.
4. A pad worn round the waist or hips to give shapeliness to a woman's figure; also = bustle n.2 Also, a kind of corset.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > corset > types of
cosins1727
tabbies1752
jupe1810
tournure1831
crinoline1870
roll-on1933
Merry Widow1952
bralette1953
waspie1957
two-way stretch1959
shapewear1977
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > contrivance for expanding skirts > bustle, pads, or cushion
bum roll1602
roll1602
Scotch bum1607
Scotch fall1607
rump roll1707
rump1710
bustle1786
bustler1787
cushion1806
dress improver1842
improver1844
bishopa1860
tournure1872
1831 Countess Granville Let. Jan. (1894) II. 75 Very fat, but squeezed into a tournure.
1872 Young Englishwoman Dec. 646/2 The tournure is high indeed behind... It has superseded the crinoline.
1874 Echo 30 Dec. The tournure..is still worn.
1882 Daily News 3 June 3/1 The tournure is a small horse~hair pad, worn under the dress at the waist. It throws out the skirt from the figure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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