Statuesque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statuesque \Stat`u*esque"\ (st[a^]ch`[=oo]*[e^]sk" or
     st[a^]t`[-u]*[e^]sk"), a.
     Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a
     statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue
     artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque
     attitude.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this
           respect, that they have no background.   --Hare.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  statuesque
       adj 1: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: {stately}]
       2: suggestive of a statue [syn: {Junoesque}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "statuesque":
     Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, aristocratic, august,
     becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom,
     callipygian, callipygous, clean-limbed, colossal, comely, courtly,
     curvaceous, curvy, dignified, fair, gangling, gangly, giant,
     gigantic, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, grand, grave,
     handsome, imposing, impressive, kingly, lank, lanky, leggy,
     lengthy, likely, long, long-legged, lordly, lovely to behold,
     magisterial, magnificent, majestic, marmoreal, monumental, noble,
     personable, pleasing, pneumatic, presentable, princely, queenly,
     rangy, regal, royal, sculptitory, sculptural, sculpturesque,
     sedate, shapely, sightly, slender, sober, solemn, stacked, stately,
     statuary, statuelike, tall, trim, venerable, well-built,
     well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned,
     well-shaped, well-stacked, worthy