statued

American  

[stach-ood] / ˈstætʃ ud /

adjective

1. having or ornamented with statues.

   a statued avenue.

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statued British  

/ ˈstætjuːd /

adjective

1. decorated with or portrayed in a statue or statues

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Other Word Forms

• unstatued adjective

Etymology

Origin of statued

First recorded in 1800–10; statue + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Back amid the square, Mr. Bolivar looked hardy as ever in his statued perch; he did, after all, marry Spanish.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2010

Therefore your Halls, your ancient Colleges, Your portals statued with old kings and queens .

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind her, as she passed, Main Street stood statued in mid-action, strap in motionless hand, sprinkling-can tilting its entire contents of restorative over a box of clothes-pins, and gaped and stared.

From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.

Those of his soldiers who looked behind them saw the lesser ridge at its distance appear to grow, layered with the ghost image of a high, terraced precipice, with statued spires rising from its base.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Leadem, Christopher

You built your cities rich Around each towered hall,— Without, the statued niche, Within, the pictured wall.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert