Meaning & use
rubenesque
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Having a full, rounded figure, especially as depicted in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens.
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The gallery praised the rubenesque figures in the seventeenth-century portrait.
She was often described as rubenesque, with soft curves admired in classical art.
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Derived from the painter Peter Paul Rubens, who often depicted full-bodied women; used respectfully to describe a fuller figure, not as an insult.
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