"of the same size as the (living) original," 1820, from life (n.) + size (n.). Life-sized in the same sense is from 1847.
a life-size sculpture
life-line
lifelong
lifer
life-raft
life-saving
life-size
lifespan
lifestyle
lifetime
lifeway
lift
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