Statuesque
(pronounced stach-oo-esk; "oo" pronounced as in "boot" and not as in "book") adjective
Definition
similar to or suggestive of a statue, as in dignity, grace, calmness, or stateliness (especially: having tall and an attractive or very well proportioned shape); marked by majestic or imposing dignity.
Main Example
- NPR guest Simon Doonan, creative ambassador for Barneys New York, was spot-on when he said that a key factor why the recent "Royal Wedding" in London turned out to be such a mega-television event is that both Prince William and his wife are "glamorous looking people--tall, statuesque."
Workplace Examples
- Of all the pictures you took at the company's annual gala, I find this one showing our top five execs--Herb, Charlie, Erika, Lauren, and Hank--to be the best. Each one of them looks statuesquely tall, and I suppose that's partly because of how you positioned the camera, right? Great photograph!
- Okay, so you want me to tell you of a building in our city that can be described as statuesque. Well, take a look at this picture here--it's of the 64-story, 901-feet-tall Williams Tower, formerly the Transco Tower, a major Houston landmark.
Other Examples
- this author, showing someone a photograph of him as a twelve-year-old, saying: "Look at this pathetic picture, taken in front of my boarding school, with me standing, sort of, statuesquely, and at attention, as if I were on a military parade. But, I guess that was the norm in that segment of society."
- a dancer posing statuesquely during a performance
- an example of a statuesque American actress: the six-feet-tall Geena Davis; the statuesque Johnny Weissmuller, easily the best known of the dozens of actors who have played Tarzan in movies
- a poster calendar website describing the late and famous American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as one who in 1980s "concentrated on statuesque male and female nudes"
