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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: physique 'physical'

physique

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
phy‧sique [countable]
HBH the size and appearance of someone's body:
She didn't have the physique to be a dancer.
He had good health and a strong physique.
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