statuesque
statuesque
Definition
statu·esque (stac̸h′o̵̅o̅ esk′)
adjective
of or like a statue; specif.,
- tall and well-proportioned
- having a stately grace and dignity
Etymology: statu(e) + -esque
stat′u·esque′ly adverb
stat′u·esque′·ness noun
statuesque
Synonyms
statuesque
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- figure: On stage the statuesque figure of Robyn Hitchcock busily picking his way through the soundcheck.
- tree: The Wyevale Garden Center, just outside Dorking ( A25 ), who presented us with a statuesque bay tree.
- woman: Six voluptuous statuesque women fill the screen expanse, and one by one they are going to sing for you!
- beauty: Have you even heard of Trachycarpus fortunei Very easy to grow, this palm is a statuesque beauty.
- plant: Statuesque plants still, despite having dropped their blooms.
- heron: Downstream of the bridge a statuesque gray heron stood motionless on a stony spit at the tip of a small island.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near statuesque
- statued
- Statue of Liberty
- statue
- statuary
- stats
- statoscope
- stator
- statolith
- statocyst
- statoblast
- statuette
- stature
- status
- status crime
- status quo
- status quo ante
- status seeker
- status symbol
- statusy
- statutable
