statuesque
/statjʊˈɛsk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a statue.
adj
adj
Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "I have known him to maintain this statuesque pose for as long as fifteen minutes[.]"
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /statjʊˈɛsk/
Inflected Forms
more statuesque (comparative)
most statuesque (superlative)