Physique
[fɪ'ziːk] or [fɪ'zik]
Definition
(n.) The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
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Definition
n. the physical structure or natural constitution of a person.
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Examples
- At that time he was in the prime of life, being less than fifty years of age, and possessed an admirable physique, promising long life. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All these things, however, riches, pride of social standing, handsome physique, were externals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This man is difficult to judge; he was a man of poor physique, naturally timid, and a prig. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These latter suggest the physique of Grimaldi rather than of Cro-Magnon artists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yet he was probably of a delicate physique, because of the swiftness with which he died under the pains of crucifixion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Edison at sixty-three has a fine physique, and being free from serious ailments of any kind, should carry on the traditions of his long-lived ancestors as to a vigorous old age. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This experiment, which is analogous to the one that precedes, was explained by Nicholson, in 1832, in his _Journal de Physique_. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was said that the Abbé Nollet, 1748, had suggested the idea of the similarity of lightning and electricity in his _Le?ons de Physique_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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