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torso.

torso

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtoʁ.su/Brazil[ˈtoh.su]Brazil/ˈtoɾ.su/São-Paulo/ˈtoʁ.su/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. torso

    masculine
  2. artistic work that represents the human torso, without head or limbs

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso and possibly troço.

adj/ˈtoʁ.su/Brazil[ˈtoh.su]Brazil/ˈtoɾ.su/São-Paulo/ˈtoʁ.su/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. twisted, crooked

  2. Solomonic (said, in particular, of the column with a shaft carved in a spiral)

Where this word comes from

From Latin torsus, via tortus, past participle of torquēre.

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