toroso

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin torōsus (“muscular, brawny; fleshy”), derived from torus (“swelling, bulging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈro.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: to‧ró‧so

Adjective

toroso (feminine torosa, masculine plural torosi, feminine plural torose) (literary, rare)

1. muscular, brawny

   Synonyms: membruto, muscoloso, nerboruto

   • 1451-to-1465 (date written), Matteo Palmieri, Città di vita; republished as M[argaret] Rooke, editor, Libro del poema chiamato Citta di vita composto da Matteo Palmieri Florentino, Depts. of Modern Languages of Smith College, 1928, page 188:

     altre non vidi ancor che fusson pari / o piu torose […]

     [altre non vidi ancor che fusson pari / o più torose […] ]

     I never saw any other ones [limbs] being on par, or more muscular […]

   • 1573, Torquato Tasso, “Scena prima [First scene]”, Atto secondo [Second act], in Aminta‎^[1]; republished Venice: Aldo Manuzio Jr., 1583, page 46:

     Queste mie spalle larghe, e queste braccia / Torose, e nerborute […]

     These broad shoulders of mine, and these muscular, brawny arms […]

Related terms

• toro

References

• toroso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

torōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of torōsus