Monroesque

English

Etymology

From Monroe +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Monroesque (comparative more Monroesque, superlative most Monroesque)

1. Resembling Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress and model.
   • 1996, Tabish Khair, An Angel in Pyjamas, HarperCollins Publishers India, →ISBN, page 75:

     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.

   • 2006, Cherry Maslen, Linda Bird, Cellulite Solutions: Tips and Techniques to Lose the Lumps, Perigee Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 94:

     Investing in some fabulous and clever lingerie can help fast-track you to Monroesque curves.

   • 2011, Tad Hershorn, Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 122:

     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.

   • 2019, JB. Woods, Rebound, Lulu, page 189:

     As tall as Brian, she was a natural honey blonde with Monroesque curves.