contrapposto

Borrowed from Italian contrapposto, past participle of contrapporre.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/

contrapposto (countable and uncountable, plural contrapposto or contrapposti)

1. (art) The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The contrapposto flexes one buttock and relaxes the other.

From contra- +‎ posto.

• IPA^(key): /kon.trapˈpo.sto/, /kon.trapˈpɔ.sto/[1]
• Rhymes: -osto, -ɔsto
• Hyphenation: con‧trap‧pó‧sto, con‧trap‧pò‧sto

contrapposto (feminine contrapposta, masculine plural contrapposti, feminine plural contrapposte)

1. past participle of contrapporre

contrapposto (feminine contrapposta, masculine plural contrapposti, feminine plural contrapposte)

1. contrasting
2. opposing, opposed