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bodystyle

noun

Etymology

From body + style.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”
  2. derived from stilus — “pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”
  3. derived from stylus
  4. derived from style
  5. inherited from stile
  6. compounded as bodystyle — “body + style”

Definitions

  1. A style of vehicle body (such as sedan/saloon versus coupe/coupé, stakebody versus box…

    A style of vehicle body (such as sedan/saloon versus coupe/coupé, stakebody versus box truck, and so on).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA