'Statuesque' definitions:

Definition of 'statuesque'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: stately, statuesque]
adjective
Suggestive of a statue [syn: Junoesque, statuesque]

Definition of 'Statuesque'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]

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