rubenesque

«rubenesque» in Mova's school dictionary: of a woman: plump, with a full, rounded figure, like the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (rubenesque; also Rubenesque)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, polite) of a woman: plump, with a full, rounded figure, like the women in the paintings of the artist Rubens. tree →

2) in the style of the painter Peter Paul Rubens. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in fashion, art writing and polite description to describe a larger woman kindly and admiringly; formal, literary, all regions. It can still feel like a comment on someone's body.

examples

• The painting shows a rubenesque goddess. tree →
• The magazine called the actress "rubenesque". tree →
• In art class we looked at Rubenesque figures. tree →
• The shop sells clothes for rubenesque figures. tree →
• "Rubenesque is a fancy word for plump," explained the teacher. tree →
• Some people find the word flattering, others find it rude. tree →

note

Stands for "plump" or "fat" but sounds artistic. Often written with a capital R (from a name). Comments on people's bodies can hurt, even with a kind word.

In the corpora

• "Rubenesque" means plump and attractive, after the painter Rubens, who painted round women.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rubenesque» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.