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 andimposing , like the goddessJuno
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- adjective suggestive of a statue
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was a tall voluptuous-looking woman of what is called a Junoesque type — decidedly plump, with firm white hands and well-formed feet.
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She was a tall voluptuous-looking woman of what is called a Junoesque type -- decidedly plump, with firm white hands and well-formed feet.
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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.
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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.
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She's a big girl, not obese but what we used to call Junoesque.
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A woman of such Junoesque proportions would surely complement the family line.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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She was young, built on Junoesque lines, and tall with a lovely face and dark eyes heavily fringed with black lashes.
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