Associations to the word «Stature»

Wiktionary

STATURE, noun. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
STATURE, noun. Respect coming from achievement or development.

Dictionary definition

STATURE, noun. High level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature".
STATURE, noun. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates