statuesque
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/statjʊˈɛsk/(UK)
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/statjʊˈɛsk/(UK) · /statʃʊˈɛsk/(UK)
Definition of statuesque
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“We went out by his gate into the road, and there we made a minute examination of the statuesque passing traffic. The tops of the wheels and some of the legs of the horses of this char-a-banc, the end of the whip-lash and the lower jaw of the conductor — who was just beginning to yawn — were perceptibly in motion, but all the rest of the lumbering conveyance seemed still.”
“Both Cripps and Limpet were struck statuesque with a sudden apprehension of what was happening in Cripps's room, and Cripps, with a professional knowledge of the gloomy nature of Uncle Tinfish's eye, could feel it taking in the situation, including the conscientious nude, with dreadful intensity.”
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adj
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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.”
“We went out by his gate into the road, and there we made a minute examination of the statuesque passing traffic. The tops of the wheels and some of the legs of the horses of this char-a-banc, the end of the whip-lash and the lower jaw of the conductor — who was just beginning to yawn — were perceptibly in motion, but all the rest of the lumbering conveyance seemed still.”
“Both Cripps and Limpet were struck statuesque with a sudden apprehension of what was happening in Cripps's room, and Cripps, with a professional knowledge of the gloomy nature of Uncle Tinfish's eye, could feel it taking in the situation, including the conscientious nude, with dreadful intensity.”
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Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
“Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads.”
“The grand, handsome, and much younger Mrs. Nettles, […] has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.”
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque.
Words you can make from statuesque
139 playable · top: EQUATES (16 pts)
Best play equates 16 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
23 words- EQUATE 15 pts
- QUESTS 15 pts
- QUEUES 15 pts
- SQUATS 15 pts
- TUQUES 15 pts
- USQUES 15 pts
- ASTUTE 6 pts
- ESTATE 6 pts
- SAUTES 6 pts
- SESTET 6 pts
- STATES 6 pts
- STATUE 6 pts
- STATUS 6 pts
- SUETES 6 pts
- SUTTAS 6 pts
- SUTTEE 6 pts
- TASSET 6 pts
- TASTES 6 pts
- TEASES 6 pts
- TESTAE 6 pts
- TESTES 6 pts
- TSETSE 6 pts
- TUTEES 6 pts
5-letter words
33 words- EQUES 14 pts
- QUASS 14 pts
- QUATE 14 pts
- QUEST 14 pts
- QUEUE 14 pts
- SQUAT 14 pts
- TUQUE 14 pts
- USQUE 14 pts
- ASSET 5 pts
- EASES 5 pts
- EASTS 5 pts
- SATES 5 pts
- SAUTE 5 pts
- SEATS 5 pts
- SETAE 5 pts
- SETTS 5 pts
- STATE 5 pts
- STATS 5 pts
- STETS 5 pts
- SUETE 5 pts
- SUETS 5 pts
- SUTTA 5 pts
- TASES 5 pts
- TASSE 5 pts
- TASTE 5 pts
- TATES 5 pts
- TAUTS 5 pts
- TEASE 5 pts
- TEATS 5 pts
- TESTA 5 pts
- TESTS 5 pts
- TUTEE 5 pts
- TUTUS 5 pts
4-letter words
37 words- QATS 13 pts
- SUQS 13 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EASE 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ESES 4 pts
- ESSE 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SEES 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
- SETT 4 pts
- STAT 4 pts
- STET 4 pts
- SUES 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TASS 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TATS 4 pts
- TAUS 4 pts
- TAUT 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
- TETS 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- TUTU 4 pts
- USES 4 pts
- UTAS 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- QAT 12 pts
- QUA 12 pts
- SUQ 12 pts
- ASS 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUS 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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