staturen.

Brit.

/ˈstatʃə/,

/ˈstatjə/, U.S.

/ˈstætʃər/

Forms: Middle English statire, Middle English statour, Middle English statoure, Middle English statuture (transmission error), Middle English–1500s statur, Middle English– stature, 1500s statyre; Scottish pre-1700 statour, pre-1700 statuire, pre-1700 statur, pre-1700 statuyr, pre-1700 statwre, pre-1700 steture, pre-1700 1700s– stature.

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French stature (French stature ) height, build, physical appearance (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman; 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman and Old French as estature ), statue (mid 14th cent. or earlier) < classical Latin statūra height of the body (of a person or animal) in its normal standing position, in post-classical Latin also height or extent of a thing (from 7th cent. in British sources), bearing, uprightness (from 8th cent. in British sources) < stat- , past participial stem of stāre to stand (see stand v.) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare Italian statura (late 13th cent.), also Spanish estatura (13th cent.), Portuguese estatura (15th cent.).With sense 3 compare statue n. With senses 4 and 5 compare state n., status n.

a. The height of a person in a normal standing position; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun]

wastumOE

staturec1380

pitch1575

status1577

one's lengtha1586

inchesa1616

standard1833

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) Orig. draft l. 550 (MED) Fyrumbras..was a man of gret stature; Wel brode were his sholdres & long was his forchure.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 27 Sothely who of ȝou thenkinge may putte to to [sic] his stature [L. staturam] oo cubite?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22321 A mikel man, o statur hei.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1702 (MED) Darius..Askis þam of sir Alexander all at he cuthe, Bathe of his statoure & his strenth.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Dauid..was bot of lytill stature to grete Golyas.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Cj^v Stature or brodenes, cannot be taken from man.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 155 Sil. How tall was she? Jul. About my stature .

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 224 Hippocrates pronounced the people of the North to be..of a small and dwarfish stature.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 75. ⁋5 He was low of Stature... But he was more prudent than Men of that Height usually are.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 258 Thy riper days no growing worth impart, A man in stature, still a boy in heart!

1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 38 Her stature..must have been..five feet seven or eight.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 104 A remarkable-looking man,..of middle stature.

1934 Mod. Psychologist June 24 A boy who is small in stature and unable to play his part in athletics develops a sharp tongue and fluency of speech that secures him a position of importance.

1963 S. Cole Races of Man vii. 85 The Veddoids are short, average stature 157 c.m.

2010 K. Fischer Healthy Family, Happy Family iii. 39 Populations who eat red meat, rich with iron, are taller in stature.

b. The height of an animal in its normal standing position.In quot. a1525: the size of a fish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > height of

staturea1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 981 (MED) The ferste..is cleped Aries, Which lich a wether of stature Resembled is in his figure.

a1525 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 255 The later ende of ffebruary was taken..a ffisshe of greate statur.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiiij Elephantes, of greater stature, & a better broede.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 341 It is..shaped like a ramme, and of the stature of an asse.

1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 155 A bird of great stature, hauing the vpper part of his head carrying a beautiful shew.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 216 These [monkeys]..are all small in stature.

1843 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 46 The..Mammoth..appears to have been about, or a little beyond, the stature of the Indian Elephant.

1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 252 The specific name hemionus ‘half ass’ was given to the kulan by the Greeks, on account of its stature, which is between that of the horse and the ass.

1912 R. Lydekker Ox & its Kindred vii. 160 These Galla or Sanga cattle are generally white... In stature these oxen are very large.

1951 Spectator Aug. 207/1 This great feathered beast [sc. the goshawk] is in stature only a few inches less than a golden eagle.

2006 M. C. Harris America's Horses (new ed.) 32 The Kentucky Saddler became the American Saddlebred Horse—larger in stature, yet still maintaining its easy, smooth gaits.

c. The height or (more generally) size of a thing; spec. the height of a tree or plant.In quot. a1522 as an extended use of sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by size or stature > [noun] > plant stature

stature1633

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iii. l. 11 This huge hors [sc. the wooden Trojan horse]..Of sa gret statur beldit vp on hie.

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde l. 78 This tree is of a highe stature, hauing the barke shining lyke siluer.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 251 This scheip [i.e. ship] was of so greit statur and tuik so mekill timber that scho waistit all the wodis in Fyfe except Falkland wode.

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 593 This [Dwarfe Mountaine Pinke] for his stature may iustly take the next place.

1669 J. Rose Eng. Vineyard 18 The deepness, and fatness of the Earth, contributes more to the..precipitation of the roots, than to the just, and natural stature of the stem.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 338 In transplanting..be very sparing of the Roots, that is, for such Trees as are of Stature.

1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xiii Their Books of Stature small take they in Hand.

1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 89 The lives and stature of trees, like those of animals, must vary with the situations in which they are placed.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner vi. 61 There are quiet nooks..where the trees have grown to a quite respectable stature.

1928 R. H. Croll Open Road Vic. 20 A solitary Bursaria of good stature.

1978 Minnesota Hist. 46 (front matter) The building was larger than any railroad building in the country... But there was more to the building than its impressive physical stature.

1994 D. Heilenman Gardening in Lower Midwest iii. 95 It's an evergreen that can add a foot a year to its stature, up to a conical sixty feet.

†d. A standard of minimum height for people. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] > standard

stature1781

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 48 Yet, although the stature was lowered,..the insurmountable difficulty of procuring a regular..supply of volunteers, obliged the emperors to adopt more effectual and coercive methods.

a. Bodily form, build; physical appearance. Also: an example of this.

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

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5884 Hure vysage was fair & tretys, Hure body..semblych of stature.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2446 And lyk his fadyr of face & of stature And fals of loue.

c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew l. 54 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 181 He Is of stature lufly to se.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi^v And aboue the mydle, he was the moste amiable stature of a man.

1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 42 O wickit wemen..Serpentis of kynde, thocht cumlie seme our statuire.

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 45 Nicephorus relateth certaine lineaments of his [sc. the Saviour's] stature, colour and proportion of his members, which he drew out of antiquity.

1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France ii. 622 His noble Stature, his Serene and goodly Visage, his pleasing aspect.

1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 16 Her Stature was well proportion'd.

1781 Lady's Mag. May 264/1 She might be handsomer than you; her features more regular, her skin finer, and of a more elegant stature.

1831 tr. A.-M. C. La Valette Mem. II. viii. 174 His stature was strong and gigantic, and called to mind the heroes of Homer.

1867 W. L. De Beck Murder will Out 24 Mrs. Cook..of small, plump stature, with a beautiful and most pleasing face.

1902 A. Lambourne Pictures Inland Sea ii. 49 He is a Hercules in strength and of brawny stature.

1994 R. T. Carter Newmarket ii. 34/2 Mr. Caldwell was a man of athletic stature and forceful character.

b. The attitude of the body when standing; a person's natural posture.In quot. 1744 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > action or posture of standing

station1526

standing1540

stature1605

plant1817

1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin ii. 31 Mans body hath the preheminence in respect of his upright stature, whereas other creatures looke downeward.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. 5 Persons [who]..think not the erectness of mans stature a sufficient distinction of him from Brutes.

1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 71 And what is Reason?... Reason is Upright Stature in the Soul.

1850 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. July 80 A man of somewhat short and stooping stature.

1899 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly July 329 They are nearly all of the stooping or bending type of stature, betokening the bard work they perform.

1917 O. Z.-A. Hanish Yehoshua Nazir 139 At times leaning upon a staff, he would correct his somewhat bent stature.

1950 P. Ramsey Basic Christian Ethics viii. 250 It may be the size of man's brain, or his upright stature which has freed man's hands for tool-making and the creation of art.

2010 B. Evans Foothold in Heavens i. 57 They began to walk unsteadily and even maintained an ‘erect’ stature at rest.

†3. An effigy; a statue. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue

likenessOE

imagec1225

figurea1300

signa1382

statuea1393

staturea1393

statutea1393

statutec1430

statuac1450

picture1517

idol1548

portraiture1548

pattern1582

portrait1585

icon1587

monument1594

simulacrum1599

statuary1599

plastic1686

make1890

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1524 And while he slepte..Him thoghte he syh a stature evene.

c1415 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Lansd.) (1872) l. 3349 This proude kinge lete make a stature of golde..To whiche ymage boþe ȝonge & olde Commanded he to loute.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xv. 3 The peple of vdyr realmis..Bene moyr expert..To forge and carve lyflyk staturis of bras.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiii Parrhasius painted an erected statyre, and on the top thereof a Partridge, so liuely, that [etc.].

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxiv. 303 The Statures huge, of Porphyrie and costlier matters made.

1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 142 An alter was raised trampled on by a stature of Pallace.

†4. A state, a condition. Also: a place, a position. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun]

statec1225

estatec1230

farea1325

casec1325

beingc1330

degreec1330

condition1340

suita1375

stature?a1513

existence1530

affection?1543

existency1587

subsistence1597

consistence1626

subsistency1628

tone1641

consistency1690

attitude1744

situation1765

working order1784

faring1811

status1837

figure1858

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 72 Sic vant of vostouris, with hartis in synfull staturis.

1592 (?a1425) Chester Plays (BL Add.) (1843) I. 12 Heare I sett you nexte my cheare..Touch not my throne... I have forbyde that ye nere shoulde But kepe you well in that stature.

5. The standing or position of a person or thing with regard to importance or social status; spec. high rank, status, or importance.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [noun]

estatec1230

statec1300

rowa1350

qualityc1425

calling1477

range1494

line1528

stature1533

respect1601

station1603

gradationa1616

ordinancea1616

repute1615

spherea1616

distance1635

impression1639

civils1650

footing1657

regimen1660

order1667

sect1709

caste1791

status1818

position1829

social status1833

standpoint1875

1533 tr. Erasmus Enchiridion Militis Christiani xiii. sig. K.iiii^v Neuer aduaunsynge our selfe vp to the lyberty of the spiryte, neuer growynge vp to the large stature of charite [L. nunquam ad amplitudinem charitatis crescentes].

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas vii. 92 He..groweth onward by degrees, till hee commeth to the full stature of a good magistrate.

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) vi. sig. C2 A verse or some such worke he may sometimes get vp to, but seldome aboue the stature of an Epigram.

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi.115 Christians of a lower pitch and stature.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 417. ¶8 The Stature and Behaviour of Satan and his Peers?

1792 S. Grubb Some Acct. Life & Relig. Labours 178 She was a nursing mother, raised up..to the stature of an elder in the Truth.

1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 106 You do mistake The stature of your courtesy for that Of my desert.

1923 Humorist 11 Aug. 72/2 (advt.) Add a cubit to your business stature by taking thought now for the future.

1976 J. D. Andrew Major Film Theories iv. 88 He..gives to the film script itself the stature of an independent work of art.

2008 Guardian 14 Oct. 32/4 There may not have been anyone left at the Treasury with the stature and background to tell Paulson that he wasn't making sense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stature
释义	staturen. Brit. /ˈstatʃə/, /ˈstatjə/, U.S. /ˈstætʃər/ Forms: Middle English statire, Middle English statour, Middle English statoure, Middle English statuture (transmission error), Middle English–1500s statur, Middle English– stature, 1500s statyre; Scottish pre-1700 statour, pre-1700 statuire, pre-1700 statur, pre-1700 statuyr, pre-1700 statwre, pre-1700 steture, pre-1700 1700s– stature. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French stature. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French stature (French stature ) height, build, physical appearance (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman; 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman and Old French as estature ), statue (mid 14th cent. or earlier) < classical Latin statūra height of the body (of a person or animal) in its normal standing position, in post-classical Latin also height or extent of a thing (from 7th cent. in British sources), bearing, uprightness (from 8th cent. in British sources) < stat- , past participial stem of stāre to stand (see stand v.) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare Italian statura (late 13th cent.), also Spanish estatura (13th cent.), Portuguese estatura (15th cent.).With sense 3 compare statue n. With senses 4 and 5 compare state n., status n. 1. a. The height of a person in a normal standing position; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] wastumOE staturec1380 pitch1575 status1577 one's lengtha1586 inchesa1616 standard1833 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) Orig. draft l. 550 (MED) Fyrumbras..was a man of gret stature; Wel brode were his sholdres & long was his forchure. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 27 Sothely who of ȝou thenkinge may putte to to [sic] his stature [L. staturam] oo cubite? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22321 A mikel man, o statur hei. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1702 (MED) Darius..Askis þam of sir Alexander all at he cuthe, Bathe of his statoure & his strenth. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Dauid..was bot of lytill stature to grete Golyas. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Cj^v Stature or brodenes, cannot be taken from man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 155 Sil. How tall was she? Jul. About my stature . View more context for this quotation 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 224 Hippocrates pronounced the people of the North to be..of a small and dwarfish stature. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 75. ⁋5 He was low of Stature... But he was more prudent than Men of that Height usually are. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 258 Thy riper days no growing worth impart, A man in stature, still a boy in heart! 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 38 Her stature..must have been..five feet seven or eight. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 104 A remarkable-looking man,..of middle stature. 1934 Mod. Psychologist June 24 A boy who is small in stature and unable to play his part in athletics develops a sharp tongue and fluency of speech that secures him a position of importance. 1963 S. Cole Races of Man vii. 85 The Veddoids are short, average stature 157 c.m. 2010 K. Fischer Healthy Family, Happy Family iii. 39 Populations who eat red meat, rich with iron, are taller in stature. b. The height of an animal in its normal standing position.In quot. a1525: the size of a fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > height of staturea1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 981 (MED) The ferste..is cleped Aries, Which lich a wether of stature Resembled is in his figure. a1525 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 255 The later ende of ffebruary was taken..a ffisshe of greate statur. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiiij Elephantes, of greater stature, & a better broede. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 341 It is..shaped like a ramme, and of the stature of an asse. 1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 155 A bird of great stature, hauing the vpper part of his head carrying a beautiful shew. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 216 These [monkeys]..are all small in stature. 1843 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 46 The..Mammoth..appears to have been about, or a little beyond, the stature of the Indian Elephant. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 252 The specific name hemionus ‘half ass’ was given to the kulan by the Greeks, on account of its stature, which is between that of the horse and the ass. 1912 R. Lydekker Ox & its Kindred vii. 160 These Galla or Sanga cattle are generally white... In stature these oxen are very large. 1951 Spectator Aug. 207/1 This great feathered beast [sc. the goshawk] is in stature only a few inches less than a golden eagle. 2006 M. C. Harris America's Horses (new ed.) 32 The Kentucky Saddler became the American Saddlebred Horse—larger in stature, yet still maintaining its easy, smooth gaits. c. The height or (more generally) size of a thing; spec. the height of a tree or plant.In quot. a1522 as an extended use of sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by size or stature > [noun] > plant stature stature1633 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iii. l. 11 This huge hors [sc. the wooden Trojan horse]..Of sa gret statur beldit vp on hie. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde l. 78 This tree is of a highe stature, hauing the barke shining lyke siluer. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 251 This scheip [i.e. ship] was of so greit statur and tuik so mekill timber that scho waistit all the wodis in Fyfe except Falkland wode. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 593 This [Dwarfe Mountaine Pinke] for his stature may iustly take the next place. 1669 J. Rose Eng. Vineyard 18 The deepness, and fatness of the Earth, contributes more to the..precipitation of the roots, than to the just, and natural stature of the stem. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 338 In transplanting..be very sparing of the Roots, that is, for such Trees as are of Stature. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress xiii Their Books of Stature small take they in Hand. 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 89 The lives and stature of trees, like those of animals, must vary with the situations in which they are placed. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner vi. 61 There are quiet nooks..where the trees have grown to a quite respectable stature. 1928 R. H. Croll Open Road Vic. 20 A solitary Bursaria of good stature. 1978 Minnesota Hist. 46 (front matter) The building was larger than any railroad building in the country... But there was more to the building than its impressive physical stature. 1994 D. Heilenman Gardening in Lower Midwest iii. 95 It's an evergreen that can add a foot a year to its stature, up to a conical sixty feet. †d. A standard of minimum height for people. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > [noun] > standard stature1781 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 48 Yet, although the stature was lowered,..the insurmountable difficulty of procuring a regular..supply of volunteers, obliged the emperors to adopt more effectual and coercive methods. 2. a. Bodily form, build; physical appearance. Also: an example of this. 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 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5884 Hure vysage was fair & tretys, Hure body..semblych of stature. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2446 And lyk his fadyr of face & of stature And fals of loue. c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew l. 54 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 181 He Is of stature lufly to se. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi^v And aboue the mydle, he was the moste amiable stature of a man. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 42 O wickit wemen..Serpentis of kynde, thocht cumlie seme our statuire. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 45 Nicephorus relateth certaine lineaments of his [sc. the Saviour's] stature, colour and proportion of his members, which he drew out of antiquity. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France ii. 622 His noble Stature, his Serene and goodly Visage, his pleasing aspect. 1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 16 Her Stature was well proportion'd. 1781 Lady's Mag. May 264/1 She might be handsomer than you; her features more regular, her skin finer, and of a more elegant stature. 1831 tr. A.-M. C. La Valette Mem. II. viii. 174 His stature was strong and gigantic, and called to mind the heroes of Homer. 1867 W. L. De Beck Murder will Out 24 Mrs. Cook..of small, plump stature, with a beautiful and most pleasing face. 1902 A. Lambourne Pictures Inland Sea ii. 49 He is a Hercules in strength and of brawny stature. 1994 R. T. Carter Newmarket ii. 34/2 Mr. Caldwell was a man of athletic stature and forceful character. b. The attitude of the body when standing; a person's natural posture.In quot. 1744 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > action or posture of standing station1526 standing1540 stature1605 plant1817 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin ii. 31 Mans body hath the preheminence in respect of his upright stature, whereas other creatures looke downeward. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. 5 Persons [who]..think not the erectness of mans stature a sufficient distinction of him from Brutes. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 71 And what is Reason?... Reason is Upright Stature in the Soul. 1850 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. July 80 A man of somewhat short and stooping stature. 1899 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly July 329 They are nearly all of the stooping or bending type of stature, betokening the bard work they perform. 1917 O. Z.-A. Hanish Yehoshua Nazir 139 At times leaning upon a staff, he would correct his somewhat bent stature. 1950 P. Ramsey Basic Christian Ethics viii. 250 It may be the size of man's brain, or his upright stature which has freed man's hands for tool-making and the creation of art. 2010 B. Evans Foothold in Heavens i. 57 They began to walk unsteadily and even maintained an ‘erect’ stature at rest. †3. An effigy; a statue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue likenessOE imagec1225 figurea1300 signa1382 statuea1393 staturea1393 statutea1393 statutec1430 statuac1450 picture1517 idol1548 portraiture1548 pattern1582 portrait1585 icon1587 monument1594 simulacrum1599 statuary1599 plastic1686 make1890 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1524 And while he slepte..Him thoghte he syh a stature evene. c1415 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Lansd.) (1872) l. 3349 This proude kinge lete make a stature of golde..To whiche ymage boþe ȝonge & olde Commanded he to loute. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xv. 3 The peple of vdyr realmis..Bene moyr expert..To forge and carve lyflyk staturis of bras. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiii Parrhasius painted an erected statyre, and on the top thereof a Partridge, so liuely, that [etc.]. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxiv. 303 The Statures huge, of Porphyrie and costlier matters made. 1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 142 An alter was raised trampled on by a stature of Pallace. †4. A state, a condition. Also: a place, a position. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] statec1225 estatec1230 farea1325 casec1325 beingc1330 degreec1330 condition1340 suita1375 stature?a1513 existence1530 affection?1543 existency1587 subsistence1597 consistence1626 subsistency1628 tone1641 consistency1690 attitude1744 situation1765 working order1784 faring1811 status1837 figure1858 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 72 Sic vant of vostouris, with hartis in synfull staturis. 1592 (?a1425) Chester Plays (BL Add.) (1843) I. 12 Heare I sett you nexte my cheare..Touch not my throne... I have forbyde that ye nere shoulde But kepe you well in that stature. 5. The standing or position of a person or thing with regard to importance or social status; spec. high rank, status, or importance. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] estatec1230 statec1300 rowa1350 qualityc1425 calling1477 range1494 line1528 stature1533 respect1601 station1603 gradationa1616 ordinancea1616 repute1615 spherea1616 distance1635 impression1639 civils1650 footing1657 regimen1660 order1667 sect1709 caste1791 status1818 position1829 social status1833 standpoint1875 1533 tr. Erasmus Enchiridion Militis Christiani xiii. sig. K.iiii^v Neuer aduaunsynge our selfe vp to the lyberty of the spiryte, neuer growynge vp to the large stature of charite [L. nunquam ad amplitudinem charitatis crescentes]. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas vii. 92 He..groweth onward by degrees, till hee commeth to the full stature of a good magistrate. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) vi. sig. C2 A verse or some such worke he may sometimes get vp to, but seldome aboue the stature of an Epigram. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi.115 Christians of a lower pitch and stature. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 417. ¶8 The Stature and Behaviour of Satan and his Peers? 1792 S. Grubb Some Acct. Life & Relig. Labours 178 She was a nursing mother, raised up..to the stature of an elder in the Truth. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 106 You do mistake The stature of your courtesy for that Of my desert. 1923 Humorist 11 Aug. 72/2 (advt.) Add a cubit to your business stature by taking thought now for the future. 1976 J. D. Andrew Major Film Theories iv. 88 He..gives to the film script itself the stature of an independent work of art. 2008 Guardian 14 Oct. 32/4 There may not have been anyone left at the Treasury with the stature and background to tell Paulson that he wasn't making sense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). staturev. Brit. /ˈstatʃə/, /ˈstatjə/, U.S. /ˈstætʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: stature n. Etymology: < stature n. Compare statured adj. Now rare. transitive. To give or impart stature or height to. Frequently with complement expressing the type of stature imparted. Also figurative. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by size or stature > give stature to plant [verb (transitive)] stature1609 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xiii. l. 24 Ypomelides Beth appultreen..A commyn tre statured [L. mediocri arbori] dout[e]lees, With whitly flour coloured. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xi. xvi Their growth is strange, whom I compare aright, Vnto the Mush-roome, statur'd in a night. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 334 I match him [sc. Tusser] with Thomas Church-yard, they being mark'd alike in their Poeticall parts, living in the same time, and statur'd alike in their Estates, both low enough I assure you. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 19 Old Master, reverence thine own beard That..seems Wellnigh as long as thou art statured tall! 1907 W. Hunt Scarlet Shadow xlv. 322 Here the cramped soul can expand and stooping ideals be statured to new altitudes of nobility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380v.?1440
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