torose

English

Etymology

From Latin torosus (“full of muscle, brawny, fleshy”). See torus.

Adjective

torose (comparative more torose, superlative most torose)

cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for torose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Sooter, Tesoro, ostreo-

Latin

Adjective

torōse

vocative masculine singular of torōsus

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