Added 9 October 2026
statuesque
/statjʊˈɛsk/ adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about statuesque at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Resembling or characteristic of a statue. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- Immobile; motionless.
-
Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)