Hypertext Webster Gateway: "statuesque"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Statuesque \Stat`u*esque"\, a.
Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a
statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue
artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque
attitude.

Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this
respect, that they have no background. --Hare.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

statuesque
adj 1: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: {stately}]
2: suggestive of a statue [syn: {Junoesque}]


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