statured

[ stach-erd ]

/ ˈstætʃ ərd /

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of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1600–10; stature + -ed³

There stood at the same time a full-statured strength of will in his eyes, under which her own fainted.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith
The boat was stopped, and a smart-looking, though small-statured man came on board.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2|Maria R. Audubon
Lastly, though not the least in p. 49importance, behold the clogged and cloaked short-statured woman of Cardiganshire.
The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti|T. J. Llewelyn Prichard
When he had retired, a heavy-set, low-statured contestant stalked up to the judge's stand.
The Cave by the Beech Fork|Henry S. Spalding

He evidently shared Schopenhauer's distaste for "the low-statured, wide-hipped, narrow-shouldered sex."
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke