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Monroesque
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English
Etymology
From en Monroe esque.
Adjective
Resembling Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress and model.
en Tabish Khair An Angel in Pyjamas HarperCollins Publishers India 1996 75 81-7223-231-4 Her posture, I concede, is strikingly Monroesque, though that evidently is no claim to individuality after Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and a hundred other clones of the Platonic Monroesque ideal.
en Cherry Maslen; Linda Bird Cellulite Solutions: Tips and Techniques to Lose the Lumps Perigee Books 2006 2007 94 978-0-399-53326-6 Investing in some fabulous and clever lingerie can help fast-track you to Monroesque curves.
en Tad Hershorn Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice w:University of California Press 2011 122 978-0-520-26782-4 During the fall tour, on October 2, 1947, Norman Granz met Loretta Sullivan, the first of three women who would become his wife. Seeing the Monroesque blonde beauty from Saginaw, Michigan, distributing fliers for the JATP concert outside the city’s Municipal Auditorium, he immediately fell in love.
en JB. Woods Rebound Lulu 2019 189 As tall as Brian, she was a natural honey blonde with Monroesque curves.