Meaning of STATUESQUE
Pronunciation: | | `stachoo'esk
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] suggestive of a statue
- [adj] of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
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| Synonyms: | | Junoesque, shapely, stately, tall |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Stat`u*esque"\, 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.
Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this
respect, that they have no background. --Hare.
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