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Junoesque

[ joo-noh-esk ]

adjective

  1. (of a woman) stately; regal.


Junoesque

/ ˌdʒuːnəʊˈɛsk /

adjective

  1. having stately bearing and regal beauty like the goddess Juno
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Junoesque1

First recorded in 1885–90; Juno + -esque
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Example Sentences

Julia squared her Junoesque shoulders against the crooked tree and stood her ground.

Mrs. Harris is a very large lady, tall and Junoesque, a figure which would catch the eye in any assembly.

She was handsome, but her beauty was of that forbidding, sinister order which is often called Junoesque.

Mum was a handsome Junoesque blonde, sharp of eye and tongue, distinctly the boss, and inclined to make the most of it.

This girl's figure was more Junoesque than was usual with her kind, her waist larger.

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