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adjectivelike or suggesting a statue, as in massive or majestic dignity, grace, or beauty. Origin of statuesqueFirst recorded in 1825–35; statue + -esque OTHER WORDS FROM statuesquestat·u·esque·ly, adverbstat·u·esque·ness, nounun·stat·u·esque, adjectiveun·stat·u·esque·ly, adverb un·stat·u·esque·ness, noun Words nearby statuesquestatto, statuary, statue, statued, Statue of Liberty, statuesque, statuette, stature, statured, status, status asthmaticus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for statuesqueThe effort is led by Daphrose Mukarutamu, a statuesque figure in a red embroidered dress and short, sweeping hairdo. After the Genocide, Rwanda’s Widows Aging Alone|Nina Strochlic|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yeager, herself a statuesque blond model and 30-time beauty pageant winner, was just as comfortable in front of the camera. The Queen of the Playboy Centerfolds|Nina Strochlic|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Máxima, 41, is a tall, statuesque blonde, with charming good looks. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Is a New Style Icon|Erin Cunningham|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Katherine Webb, the statuesque, tanned girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron, was all anyone was talking about. Katherine Webb, Model Girlfriend of Alabama QB A.J. McCarron, Steals Show|Marlow Stern|January 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Soon, a silver, statuesque Kate Moss appeared via hologram, swimming in fabric and floating before an amazed audience. Alexander McQueen's 10 Best Shows|The Daily Beast Video|February 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST She disposed her statuesque hands upon her well-rounded arms, and looked about the room as though Margaret were not there. East Angels|Constance Fenimore Woolson The skirt and petticoat (enagua) permitted to be seen beneath them a pair of statuesque ankles, nude to mid-knee. The Guerilla Chief|Mayne Reid The Statuesque Commendatore to be highly commended as represented by aristocratic Manners. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 6, 1895|Various How the statuesque myth and the priggish myth and the dull and solemn myth melt away before it! George Washington, Vol. I|Henry Cabot Lodge Her hair was tawny in shade—she had quantities of it, and she wore it picturesquely round her stately, statuesque head. The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 40, April, 1894|Various
British Dictionary definitions for statuesque
adjectivelike a statue, esp in possessing great formal beauty or dignity Derived forms of statuesquestatuesquely, adverbstatuesqueness, nounWord Origin for statuesqueC19: from statue + -esque, on the model of picturesque Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to statuesquebeautiful, graceful, grand, imposing, majestic, regal, shapely, stately, trim, well-proportioned |