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Statuesque

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a statue.

    "He was by no means a bad hero to look at, if such a thing were needed. His face was pale, melancholy, statuesque—and his large enthusiastic eyes, suggested a story and a secret—perhaps a horror."

  2. 2
    Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.

    "Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads."

Adjective
  1. 1
    suggestive of a statue wordnet
  2. 2
    of size and dignity suggestive of a statue wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque.

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