busto

See also: Busto

English

Etymology

From Italian busto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌstəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌstoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʌstəʊ

Noun

busto (plural bustos or bustoes)

1. (art, now rare) A bust. [from 17th c.]
   • 1719, Elias Ashmole, The Antiquities of Berkshire:

     The Entrance to the Royal Apartment is through a Vestibule, supported by Pillars, with some antick Bustoes in the Niches […]

   • 1753, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 13:

     The Busto's he fix'd on were the Caracalla and the Cicero in the Gallery which I recommended as one of the best heads in the Gallery.

Anagrams

• BOTUS, bouts, tsubo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin bustum (“burial ground, tomb”). Compare French buste, Polish biust, Russian бюст (bjust), German Büste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbusto/
• Rhymes: -usto
• Hyphenation: bus‧to

Noun

busto (accusative singular buston, plural bustoj, accusative plural bustojn)

1. (sculpture) bust