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life-size, a. (n.)
A. adj. Of the size of life; (of a picture or statue) equal in size to the original.
1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 139/1 The figures are life-size. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 340 Here..is a life-size image of Apis, when he was a calf. 1878Browning Poets Croisic Epil. xiii, So he made himself a statue: Marble stood, life-size. 1891T. Hardy Tess (1900) 81/1 Two life-size portraits on panels.
B. as n. The size of life; a life-size portrait or statue. Also fig.
1850Art Jrnl. 1 Mar. 95/2 A figure of life-size. 1864Illustr. London News 16 July 55/1 Certain technical short⁓comings are revealed by this first attempt by Mr. Mount in the life-size. 1885W. M. Rossetti in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 681/2 Cato as the emblem of wisdom, and (in life⁓size) numerous figures of classic worthies, prophets, and sibyls. 1959Spectator 14 Aug. 181/2 This reduces M. Debré from the more-than-lifesize proper to all prime ministers..to more normal dimensions. |