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Ru·bens    Audio Help   [roo-buhnz; Flem. ry-buhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Pe·ter Paul    Audio Help   [pee-ter pawl; Flem. pey-tuhr poul] Pronunciation Key, 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
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Ru·ben·esque, Ru·ben·si·an    Audio Help   [roo-ben-zee-uhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Ru·ben·esque    Audio Help   (rōō'bə-něsk')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or in the style of painting of Peter Paul Rubens.
  2. Plump or fleshy and voluptuous. Used of a woman.


[Sense 2, from the frequent depiction of such women by Rubens.]

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Rubenesque 
of a woman's body, "rounded and plump," 1913, of the type characteristic of the paintings of Flem. painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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