physiquen.

Brit.

/fᵻˈziːk/, U.S.

/fəˈzik/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French physique.

Etymology: < French physique that which is physical (1733), outward appearance (1763), use as noun of physique physical (see physic adj.).

†1. Physical nature, physicality. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 13 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnl. (1974) III. 239 It is by exalting the earthly, the material, the physique of our pleasures, by veiling these ideas,..that we alone can prevent them from disgusting.

†2. Physical surroundings, esp. considered from the point of view of appearance. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 14 Nov. (1971) 268 The physique here is excellent. I never was in a more comfortably splendid house.

1840 E. A. Poe Fall House of Usher in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 84 An effect which the physique of the gray walls and turrets, and of the dim tarn into which they all looked down, had, at length, brought about upon the morale of his existence.

3. The form, size, and development of a person's body; the characteristic appearance or physical powers of an individual or people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [noun]

featurec1325

making1340

staturec1380

statea1387

bonea1400

figurec1400

makec1425

corpulence1477

corsage1481

makdom1488

mouldc1550

corporature1555

frame1566

dimension1600

limit1608

set1611

timber1612

compact1646

taille1663

fabric1695

moulding1815

physique1826

tournure1827

build1832

form1849

body type1866

body build1907

somatotype1940

size1985

1826 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 384 You must allow that this describes his physique admirably.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 110 So much had the fine physique and the personal vigor of this robust race worked on my imagination.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 478/2 They..had tremendous physiques, though rather fleshy.

1942 National Geographic Mag. June 695 (caption) These Suva natives are impressive looking, with their magnificent physiques, mops of fuzzy hair, and snow-white lava-lavas.

1970 P. Berton National Dream v. i. 191 The man..was short of stature, robust of physique and—with his eyeglasses, drooping moustache and thin, wispy cowlick—Kiplingesque of feature.

2003 L. Hawking Jaded xviii. 241 Will had to admit that next to Bertrand's sculpted physique he himself would look a bit of a speccy twerp.

Compounds

General attributive in sense 3. Designating or relating to magazines, photographs, etc., intended to showcase the (male) human physique, as physique magazine, physique photography, etc.Physique magazines, often homoerotic in nature, provided an early underground forum for homosexual men, and are frequently discussed in terms of these characteristics.

ΚΠ

1951 (title) Physique pictorial.

1961 Washington Post 24 Mar. b8/1 Womack claimed that three ‘physique’ magazines..were ‘body-building magazines’ beyond the reach of the obscenity standard laid down by the Supreme Court in the 1957 Roth case.

1972 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 5 May 27/6 (advt.) Amateur Photographer—Wants male physique model. Photo or description and wages expected.

1988 A. Hollinghurst Swimming Pool Libr. i. 16 It would be vain to pretend that all the men at the Corry looked like the stars of a physique magazine.

1992 A. Ellenzweig Homoerotic Photograph 221 Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) 1907–1974. American photographer and filmmaker/publisher specializing in physique photography.

2001 L. Gross Up from Invisibility 222 In the 1940s and 1950s, photographers such as Bruce of Los Angeles and Bob Mizer of the Athletic Model Guild expanded the genre of ‘physique’ magazines aimed, implicitly but successfully, at gay men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physique
释义	physiquen. Brit. /fᵻˈziːk/, U.S. /fəˈzik/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French physique. Etymology: < French physique that which is physical (1733), outward appearance (1763), use as noun of physique physical (see physic adj.). †1. Physical nature, physicality. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 13 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnl. (1974) III. 239 It is by exalting the earthly, the material, the physique of our pleasures, by veiling these ideas,..that we alone can prevent them from disgusting. †2. Physical surroundings, esp. considered from the point of view of appearance. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 14 Nov. (1971) 268 The physique here is excellent. I never was in a more comfortably splendid house. 1840 E. A. Poe Fall House of Usher in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 84 An effect which the physique of the gray walls and turrets, and of the dim tarn into which they all looked down, had, at length, brought about upon the morale of his existence. 3. The form, size, and development of a person's body; the characteristic appearance or physical powers of an individual or people. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [noun] featurec1325 making1340 staturec1380 statea1387 bonea1400 figurec1400 makec1425 corpulence1477 corsage1481 makdom1488 mouldc1550 corporature1555 frame1566 dimension1600 limit1608 set1611 timber1612 compact1646 taille1663 fabric1695 moulding1815 physique1826 tournure1827 build1832 form1849 body type1866 body build1907 somatotype1940 size1985 1826 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 384 You must allow that this describes his physique admirably. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 110 So much had the fine physique and the personal vigor of this robust race worked on my imagination. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 478/2 They..had tremendous physiques, though rather fleshy. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 695 (caption) These Suva natives are impressive looking, with their magnificent physiques, mops of fuzzy hair, and snow-white lava-lavas. 1970 P. Berton National Dream v. i. 191 The man..was short of stature, robust of physique and—with his eyeglasses, drooping moustache and thin, wispy cowlick—Kiplingesque of feature. 2003 L. Hawking Jaded xviii. 241 Will had to admit that next to Bertrand's sculpted physique he himself would look a bit of a speccy twerp. Compounds General attributive in sense 3. Designating or relating to magazines, photographs, etc., intended to showcase the (male) human physique, as physique magazine, physique photography, etc.Physique magazines, often homoerotic in nature, provided an early underground forum for homosexual men, and are frequently discussed in terms of these characteristics. ΚΠ 1951 (title) Physique pictorial. 1961 Washington Post 24 Mar. b8/1 Womack claimed that three ‘physique’ magazines..were ‘body-building magazines’ beyond the reach of the obscenity standard laid down by the Supreme Court in the 1957 Roth case. 1972 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 5 May 27/6 (advt.) Amateur Photographer—Wants male physique model. Photo or description and wages expected. 1988 A. Hollinghurst Swimming Pool Libr. i. 16 It would be vain to pretend that all the men at the Corry looked like the stars of a physique magazine. 1992 A. Ellenzweig Homoerotic Photograph 221 Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) 1907–1974. American photographer and filmmaker/publisher specializing in physique photography. 2001 L. Gross Up from Invisibility 222 In the 1940s and 1950s, photographers such as Bruce of Los Angeles and Bob Mizer of the Athletic Model Guild expanded the genre of ‘physique’ magazines aimed, implicitly but successfully, at gay men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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