Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the stately bearing and imposing beauty of the goddess Juno.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective suggestive of a statue.

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  • adjective of a woman Beautiful and imposing, like the goddess Juno

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  • adjective suggestive of a statue

Etymologies

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Juno +‎ -esque

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Examples

  • She was a tall voluptuous-looking woman of what is called a Junoesque type — decidedly plump, with firm white hands and well-formed feet.

    Madame Midas 2003

  • She was a tall voluptuous-looking woman of what is called a Junoesque type -- decidedly plump, with firm white hands and well-formed feet.

    Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895

  • We learn that a "Junoesque" and quite vibrant writer-businesswoman, Sonia Greene, fell in love with Lovecraft for his intelligent conversation, and pursued him for three Platonic years before, misguidedly, he consented to marry her.

    The King of Weird Oates, Joyce Carol 1996

  • For a moment I thought it must be an exclusive brothel, for we were in a great salon all plush and gilt and mirrors, with thick carpet and velvet divans and curtains looped back by silver cords, and Junoesque females of perfect complexion drifting about.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • She's a big girl, not obese but what we used to call Junoesque.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Will 2006

  • A woman of such Junoesque proportions would surely complement the family line.

    The Seduction Of Sara Hawkins, Karen 2001

  • For a moment I thought it must be an exclusive brothel, for we were in a great salon all plush and gilt and mirrors, with thick carpet and velvet divans and curtains looped back by silver cords, and Junoesque females of perfect complexion drifting about.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • For a moment I thought it must be an exclusive brothel, for we were in a great salon all plush and gilt and mirrors, with thick carpet and velvet divans and curtains looped back by silver cords, and Junoesque females of perfect complexion drifting about.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Still smarting from having her Junoesque and charming person referred to as hefty, the girl took his proffered arm and allowed herself to be settled beside him.

    The Course Of True Love Neels, Betty 1993

  • She was young, built on Junoesque lines, and tall with a lovely face and dark eyes heavily fringed with black lashes.

    A Kind Of Magic Neels, Betty 1991

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