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Noun (1)torsi, torsos

the body excluding the head and neck and limbs“they moved their arms and legs and bodies”Synonyms: trunk bodyType of body partPart of body, organic structureParts shoulder, back, thorax, side, abdomen, buttocks, hip, waist +8 more

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tor′so noun; pl. E. Torsos (#), It. Torsi (#).

Origin: It. torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. …; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54