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English

Etymology

From .

Adjective

Like a statue.
In the Context of elegant|Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
: Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her Calvin Klein ads.

Translations

: statuenhaft, wie eine Statue

io:statuesque vi:statuesque

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

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

Moby Dictionary
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