English Explanatory Dictionary

Rubenesque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of the figure of a woman, plump and sensuous.
  2. In the style of Peter Paul Rubens.

Word forms

Rubenesque more Rubenesque most Rubenesque

Etymology

From Rubens + -esque, from the women depicted in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Synonyms

voluptuous zaftig ample beer-bellied big bulky chubby chunky embonpoint fat flabby fleshy full-figured fulsome gorbellied gorrel-bellied heavy heavyset love-handled meaty overnourished paunchy pleasantly plump plump plus-size portly potbellied podgy pudgy roly-poly rotund Rubenesque sonsy swagbellied thick tubby well-covered well-padded well-rounded well-upholstered wide built buxom curvaceous curvesome curvy juicy sensual luscious pneumatic red-hot thicc toothsome well-endowed well-proportioned
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