statured

[ stach-erd ]

adjective

1. of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination):

   the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.

Word History and Origins

Origin of statured¹

First recorded in 1600–10; stature + -ed ³

Example Sentences

There stood at the same time a full-statured strength of will in his eyes, under which her own fainted.

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The boat was stopped, and a smart-looking, though small-statured man came on board.

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Lastly, though not the least in p. 49importance, behold the clogged and cloaked short-statured woman of Cardiganshire.

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When he had retired, a heavy-set, low-statured contestant stalked up to the judge's stand.

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He evidently shared Schopenhauer's distaste for "the low-statured, wide-hipped, narrow-shouldered sex."

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