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Grammar : Adj
Spell : stach-oo-esk
Phonetic Transcription : ˌstætʃ uˈɛsk



Definition of statuesque

Origin :
  • early 1820s, from statue, patterned on picturesque.
  • adj tall and dignifed
Example sentences :
  • He stopped short in his tracks and stood immovable, statuesque, listening.
  • Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
  • A man does not wish to marry a statue, let the statue be ever so statuesque.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • Opaque and statuesque stood the figure of the baronet behind them.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • But the Colonel remained motionless and statuesque, with folded arms.
  • Extract from : « Openings in the Old Trail » by Bret Harte
  • A girl who tries to be statuesque at sea—that will act on one's nerves!'
  • Extract from : « A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly » by Henry James
  • She might have been transformed to Galatea then and there, so statuesque her pose.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
  • She was statuesque to the highest degree, but to the highest degree also a woman.
  • Extract from : « In Vain » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • She is so very still--too quiet--too statuesque--that is her only fault in fact.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. » by E. Rameur
  • She was thought a good match for me, and all that sort of thing, you know; but she was too statuesque.
  • Extract from : « Wild Heather » by L. T. Meade
  • Its only variations were from an infantile beauty to a statuesque firmness.
  • Extract from : « John Marvel, Assistant » by Thomas Nelson Page

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