attitude
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[edit] Etymology
From French, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitudo (“aptitude”); see aptitude.
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[edit] Noun
attitude (plural attitudes)
- The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude, ...
- Disposition or state of mind.
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
- "Don't give me your attitude."
- "You've got some attitude, girl !"
- (aeronautics) The orientation of an aircraft or other vehicle relative to the horizon, direction of motion etc.
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
- (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
- 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134,
- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.
- 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134,
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The position of the body or way of carrying oneself
disposition or state of mind
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ballet position similar to arabesque but with raised leg bent at the knee
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[edit] Verb
attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) To act with a strong attitude.
- To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
- 1823, Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad, Volume 1, page 122,
- […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers ; […]
- 1837, William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1, page 123,
- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […]
- 1971, American Astronautical Society, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, Volume 29, Part 2, page 395,
- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
- 1823, Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad, Volume 1, page 122,
- To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
- 2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33,
- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
- 2008, Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel, page 12,
- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
- 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later, page 82,
- I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.
- 2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33,
[edit] External links
- attitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- attitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
