Rubenesque
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the painter Peter Paul Rubens or his works, which feature full-figured women.
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(of a woman's figure) plump but shapely; curvaceous.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Rubenesque
1815–20; Ruben(s) ( def. ) + -esque ( def. ); the 's' is almost always dropped because Rubensesque is hard to pronounce
Example Sentences
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Bulked up with spawn eggs, they have transformed from summer slim to a possible world record Rubenesque.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
Now, as waiflike models are replaced with Rubenesque ones, can plus-size fashion be freed from the burdens of identity politics and cultural prejudices — to simply exist as clothes and not statements?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2018
A modest space with small religious paintings and sketches from the 1840s and ’50s raises the emotional pitch with amazing Lamentations and Pietas, and a Rubenesque sketch for a Crucifix.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2018
Rubenesque, with gossamer skin, they don’t stand by, waiting for you to eat whenever you want; these delicate beauties are only available in season, from mid-June through August.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2017
Shakerley Marmion, a contemporary dramatist of the day, has left a glowing Rubenesque picture of the Apollo evenings, evidently coloured from life.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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