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Junoesque

American  
[joo-noh-esk] / ˌdʒu noʊˈɛsk /

adjective

  1. (of a woman) stately; regal.


Junoesque British  
/ 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

Etymology

Origin of Junoesque

First recorded in 1885–90; Juno + -esque

Example Sentences

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The “mother” of the inhabitants of Ballarò, now home to thousands of migrants, is a Junoesque woman from the Ivory Coast.

From The Guardian Sep. 12, 2018

With a Junoesque figure and chestnut hair that fell well below her knees, she was, they said, the loveliest woman in all Ireland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Junoesque Helen Gahagan is somewhat more credible as the witchlike Emily, properly "moor born" and as skittery as -a woodcock.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where The Marriage-Go-Round is not a Junoesque strip-tease on Actress Newmar's part, it becomes an attempted script-save on Colbert's and Boyer's.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lawyer, with a startled, although amused, expression on his professional face; the daughter with a cold smile and an almost imperceptible nod of her shapely, Junoesque head.

From The Last Woman by Beeckman, Ross

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