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Webster 1913 Edition


Statuesque

Statˊu-esque′

(stăchˊoō-ĕsk′ or stătˊū̍-ĕsk′)
,
Adj.
Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made;
as,
statuesque
limbs; a
statuesque
attitude
.
Their characters are mostly
statuesque
even in this respect, that they have no background.
Hare.