Meaning

noun a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs

noun a theatrical pose created for effect

originFrom French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.

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