Crossword clues for statuesque
statuesque
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Statuesque \Stat`u*esque"\ (st[a^]ch`[=oo]*[e^]sk" or st[a^]t`[-u]*[e^]sk"), 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of or like a statue" in some sense, especially "stately, having a formal dignity and beauty, tall and solidly built," 1823, from statue, patterned on picturesque. Related: Statuesquely; statuesqueness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Like a statue. (from 18th c.) 2 (context of a woman English) elegant tall, graceful, and attractive. (from 19th c.)
WordNet
adj. of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: stately]
suggestive of a statue [syn: Junoesque]
Wikipedia
"Statuesque" is a song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the fourth and final single to be released from their second album The It Girl in 1996 (see 1996 in British music). The single peaked at number seventeen on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting and also appears on the Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2, released in 1997.
Statuesque is a 2009 television special written and directed by Neil Gaiman, commissioned by Sky Television.
The eight-minute film concerns an old man ( Bill Nighy) and his relationship with a group of living statues, which includes Amanda Palmer.
Usage examples of "statuesque".
Austin that the baronet was waiting for his son, in a posture of statuesque offended paternity, before he would receive his daughter-inlaw and grandson.
Base was still surrounded by statuesque ponderosa and fir, the manzanita still green.
Beech sat down in his chair so he could see Marler, whose almost statuesque stillness was getting on his nerves.
He was about to pursue her, to finish that conversation to his own satisfaction, when he saw the Relict Tor Bezaemar with the original of that scandalous painting, a statuesque woman whose iridescent lace overdress was pinned back to her shoulders.
As Sah-luma and Theos appeared, these nymphs all rose from their different occupations and amusements, and stood with bent heads and folded hands in statuesque silence and humility.
He drew himself up with an inimitable gesture of pride,--his attitude was statuesque and noble,--and Theos looked at him as he would have looked at a fine picture, with a sense of critically satisfied admiration.
A statuesque, dark-skinned Thrid woman might have the round blue eyes and curly hair of a Manganar, or a fair child of Basran heritage might be wearing the colored beads and striped robes of the Suzaini.
Max and Sophie go table to table to talk to their guests, and as soon as Robert and I have the chance to talk without interruption, a statuesque beauty in a drapey gown interrupts.
Sophie go table to table to talk to their guests, and as soon as Robert and I have the chance to talk without interruption, a statuesque beauty in a drapey gown interrupts.
Lizzie is a handsome, statuesque freedwoman, curiously self-assured, who made the ballgowns for half the famous ladies in Washington.
Sioux Indians as a statuesque, historical figure, an advocate of their ancestral rights and a recorder of their place among the races of man.
The beautiful statuesque girl occupies a niche into which the blazing and magnificent intrigante cannot crowd.
The haughty one with the statuesque figure is probably a cold turkey fuck, a sort of con anonyme plastered with gold leaf and tin foil.
The beetling line of the German helmet gave the farm-boy face a stern, statuesque look.
Manfred's statuesque blond German wife, Heidi, had failed to enthral Tara with a long-winded complaint about the laziness and dishonesty of her coloured servants, and Tara escaped as soon as she could and took another cognac to her father on the long blue velvet sofa, and then settled beside him.