statuary
/ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of statues.
Example Sentences
- "Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary."
- "He [Francis Bacon] lyeth interred in the Church of St. Michael at St. Albans in Hartfordſhire, and hath there a fair ſtatuary monument erected for him of white Marble at the coſt of Sir Thomas Meautis, his ancient ſervant, who was not neerer to him living then dead: […]"
- "There is the lady’s own book, complete without a teacher—showing how the waist should be boddiced; the parasol handled; the statuary attitudes; the Parisian curtsy; the prettiest toss of the head, and swing of the train."
- "Characteristically, the photo series ends with the trainer having successfully contorted the boy’s body into a classical, statuary pose, even as the boy forces a pained smile for the camera."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi/
- British English: /ˈstæ.t͡ʃʊə.ɹi/