sculpturesque
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of sculpturesque
Explanation
Things that are sculpturesque look like sculptures. You might describe your beautiful new laptop, with its sleek lines, as sculpturesque. The adjective sculpturesque is a good way to talk about things that resemble statues or sculptures. Your elaborate sandcastle could be sculpturesque, and the ancient rocks along the coast are also sculpturesque. A beautiful person, an elaborate collage, or your new car could all be described as sculpturesque. A more common word with the same meaning is sculptural, and both have the same Latin root, sculpere, "to carve or engrave."
Vocabulary lists containing sculpturesque
Example Sentences
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He paused with a neoclassical manner which combined the flowing, controlled line of Raphael and a sculpturesque mass and weight new to painting.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have seen and studied the best models in this country and abroad, but none of them has possessed the perfection of sculpturesque beauty found in William Wright.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the pictures of Charles Ray make the hero quite a bronze-looking sculpturesque person, despite his yokel raiment.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel
The sculptors admitted that he had ideas in his groups, but he was not sculpturesque.
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
On the contrary, the same laws govern all manner of sculpturesque composition—scale or material making no difference whatever.
From Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship by Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard)
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