Dictionary entry

Statuesque

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stat′u‐esque″ (–ū̍‐ĕsk″), a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.

Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background. Hare.