torso
tor·so / ˈtôrsō/ • n. (pl. -sos or -si / -sē/ ) the trunk of the human body. ∎ the trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs. ∎ fig. an unfinished or mutilated thing, esp. a work of art or literature: the Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata.
torso
torso the trunk of a statue, without or considered independently of the head and limbs; the trunk of the human body. The word is recorded from the late 18th century and comes from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump’, from the Latin base of thyrsus.
torso
torso XVIII. — It. torso stalk, stump, trunk of a statue :- L. thyrsus stalk; see THYRSUS.
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