different between torse vs torose

English

Etymology 1

Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torqu?re (to twist).

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

Synonyms

• orle
• wreath

References

• A complete guide to heraldry, A. C. Fox-Davis.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. Obsolete form of torso.

Anagrams

• Resto, estro-, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, store, tores

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??s/

Noun

torse m (plural torses)

1. torso

Derived terms

• bomber le torse

Further reading

• “torse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, sorte, store, tores

Italian

Verb

torse

1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

Anagrams

• estro, resto, restò, serto, sorte, terso

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

torose (comparative more torose, superlative most torose)

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

Anagrams

• Sooter, Tesoro, ostreo-

Latin

Adjective

tor?se

1. vocative masculine singular of tor?sus