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Definition of Statuesque
1. Adjective. Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.
2. Adjective. Suggestive of a statue.
Definition of Statuesque
1. 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.
Definition of Statuesque
1. Adjective. Like a statue. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a woman) Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Statuesque
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statuesque
Literary usage of Statuesque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies of the White House; Or, In the Home of the Presidents: Being a by Laura Carter Holloway (1881)
"Said a newspaper correspondent of her: "Visitors at the White House during the
past two or three years may retain the memory of a dignified, statuesque ..."
2. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1909)
"... His statuesque Design—His Naturalism—Roman Inspiration—Triumph of Julius
Caesar—Bas-reliefs—Luca Signorelli—The Precursor of Michael Angelo—Anatomical ..."
3. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1877)
"Two Periods in the True Renaissance—Andrea Mantegna—His statuesque Design — His
Naturalism — Roman Inspiration— Triumph of Julius Caesar—Bas-reliefs—Luca ..."
4. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1899)
"... His statuesque Design—His Naturalism—Roman Inspiration—Triumph of Julius
Caesar—Bas-reliefs—Luca Signorelli—The Precursor of Michael Angelo—Anatomical ..."
5. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1882)
"Two Periods in the True Renaissance—Andrea Mantegna—His statuesque Design—His
Naturalism—Roman Inspiration— Triumph of Julius Caesar—Bas-reliefs—Luca ..."
6. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1901)
"... Hii statuesque Design—His Naturalism—Boman Inspiration—Triumph of Julius
Caesar—Bas-reliefs—Luca Signorelli—The Precursor of Michael Angelo—Anatomical ..."
7. Epidemic Encephalitis (encephalitis Lethargica) by Frederick Tilney, Hubert Shattuck Howe (1920)
"Stiff, Slightly Flexed, statuesque Attitude, FIG. 28.—CASE IV. Parkinsonian Facies,
Attitude and Tremor of Right Hand. with Tendency to Fall Backwards. ..."
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