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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

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

Meanwhile, Tito was smitten with Minutic, a Junoesque blond with a faint resemblance to Actress Anita Ekberg, after seeing her perform last summer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Touring the U.S. to help stir up interest in women's track and field, Germany's Junoesque Jutta Heine, 22, finished second in the 60-yard dash but was No. 1 with the photographers.

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 Ross Beeckman

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