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# rubenesque

adjective (rubenesque; also Rubenesque)

«rubenesque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, polite) of a woman: plump, with a full, rounded figure, like the women in the paintings of the artist Rubens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#m1)
2. in the style of the painter Peter Paul Rubens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x1)
- The magazine called the actress "rubenesque". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x2)
- In art class we looked at Rubenesque figures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x3)
- The shop sells clothes for rubenesque figures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x4)
- "Rubenesque is a fancy word for plump," explained the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x5)
- Some people find the word flattering, others find it rude. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rubenesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubenesque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rubenesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rubenesque.html) on Mova free.