Definitions
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.
Used in a sentence
“As if that whatsoever god who leads him Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.”
“[…] walking in a most dejected posture, without a band, unbraced, his arms a-cross his open breast, and his eyes bent to the floor;”
“Rise, sir, from this semi-recumbent posture. It is most indecorous.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Way of standing”7 letters
02“Body stance”7 letters
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