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Definition of "statuesque" [stat•u•esque]

  • Suggestive of a statue, as in proportion, grace, or dignity; stately. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "statuesque" in a sentence
  • "Madame Marton is a little taller, with a good figure too, but her body looks harder, what they call a statuesque figure."
  • "Neglected, beautiful statues found in nature are what I call statuesque beauty."
  • "It is an open-air museum of superb bronzes, who, when they condescend to clothe themselves at all, drape in statuesque folds about their brown limbs and bodies a few yards of white or crimson cloth, which adorns rather than conceals."