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torso (tôr′sō)

noun pl. torsos -·sos or torsi -·si (-sē)

  1. the trunk of a statue of the nude human figure, esp. of such a statue lacking the head and full limbs
  2. the trunk of the human body
  3. any unfinished or fragmentary piece of work

Etymology: It, stump, trunk of a statue < L thyrsus, a stalk, stem < Gr thyrsos, a stem, wand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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