Physique

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physique \Phy*sique"\ (f[i^]*z[=e]k"), n. [F. See {Physic}.]
     The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
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           With his white hair and splendid physique. --Mrs.
                                                    Stowe.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physique
       n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: {build}, {body-build},
            {habitus}]
       2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
          studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
          spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: {human body},
           {physical body}, {material body}, {soma}, {build}, {figure},
           {anatomy}, {shape}, {bod}, {chassis}, {frame}, {form}, {flesh}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "physique":
     anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, beef,
     beefiness, bod, body, body-build, bones, brand, brawn, brawniness,
     build, building, built, carcass, cast, character, chassis, clay,
     clod, complexion, composition, configuration, conformation,
     constituents, constitution, construction, corpus, crasis, creation,
     dharma, diathesis, disposition, elasticity, ethos, fabric,
     fabrication, fashion, fashioning, fiber, figure, flesh, forging,
     form, format, formation, frame, genius, getup, grain, habit,
     heftiness, hue, hulk, humor, humors, huskiness, ilk,
     involuntary muscle, kind, make, makeup, making, manufacture,
     material body, mold, molding, muscle, muscularity, musculature,
     nature, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern,
     patterning, person, physical body, plan, production, property,
     quality, setup, shape, shaping, sinew, sinewiness, sinews, soma,
     somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, streak, stripe, structure,
     structuring, suchness, system, tectonics, temper, temperament,
     tendency, tenor, texture, thew, thewiness, thews, tissue, tone,
     torso, trunk, type, vein, voluntary muscle, warp and woof, way,
     weave, web