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SCULPTURED
graven, sculpted, sculptured
(adjective) cut into a desired shape; “graven images”; “sculptured representations”
modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque
(adjective) resembling sculpture; “her finely modeled features”; “rendered with...vivid sculptural effect”; “the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes’ bodies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sculptured (comparative more sculptured, superlative most sculptured)
Made like a sculpture.
Attractively formed.
Source: Wiktionary
SCULPTURE
Sculp"ture, n. Etym: [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.]
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden.
Sculp"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.]
Definition: To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
19 January 2025
ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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