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Definition of Torosity
1. n. The quality or state of being torose.
Definition of Torosity
1. Noun. The quality or state of being torose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Torosity
1. the quality or state of being torose [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torosity
Literary usage of Torosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence by Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé (1860)
"... the body wastes, the muscles lose their torosity, and the bones are affected
with dull gnawing pains for some hours in the morning. ..."
2. Specimens of Newspaper Literature: With Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes, and by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"They are easily distinguished by the plumpness and rotundity of their dewlap,
and torosity of then- necks and breasts, and the prominence of their abdomen. ..."
3. A Manual of Artistic Anatomy: For the Use of Sculptors, Painters, and Amateurs by Robert Knox (1852)
"These deep muscles influence the form of the neck ; when fully developed, they
give to it the torosity essential to beauty. Page 104. Fig. 48. ..."
4. Monthly Journal of Medical Science (1850)
"... the body wastes, the muscles lose their torosity, and the bones are affected
with dull gnawing pains for some hours in the morning. ..."
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