Mona Lisan
Mona Lisan adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
Adjective
Mona Lisan (comparative more Mona Lisan, superlative most Mona Lisan)
- Resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
- On such occasions Tina Lerner’s smile is inscrutable—thoroughly Mona Lisan.1912 October 12, “A Cruel Prima Donna War Averted; Hostilities Aroused in Several Quarters by Berlin Story of Frieda Hempel as Metropolitan’s “Highest-Salaried” Woman Artist, but No Casualties Are...
- Many explanatory pages have been written on the meaning of this famous painting, and, provoked by its indefinable charm, its elusive suggestion, many an art student has brought the full power of his critical acumen to the task of finding suitable words for the description of the picture’s strange...1914 March 20, Frederic J. Haskin, “The Restored Mona Lisa”, in The Evening Star, number 19,532, Washington, D.C., page 10
- Synonyms:
- Giocondan
Examples of Mona Lisan in a sentence
- Each attempt has failed and each writer has dwelt with peculiar emphasis upon the qualities of the Mona Lisan smile.1914 March 20, Frederic J. Haskin, “The Restored Mona Lisa”, in The Evening Star, number 19,532, Washington, D.C., page 10:
- White’s party, but each guess was met with that Mona Lisan smile that Everyman takes on when he does not care to explain.1914 March 26, “Archibald S. White Passes Birthday Here; Telegrams Made Known the Fact, but Discreet Silence Maintained by the Financier”...
- They greet the boys every morning, smiling with Mona Lisan smiles.1919 February 26, Baxter Daily Citizen, volume II, number 65, Baxter Springs, Kan.:
- But always, at the end of their discussions, his wife’s Mona Lisan smile seemed like a red-hot iron ever hovering to brand him with the scarlet letter of opportunism.1921, Adele S[teiner] Burleson, Every Politician and His Wife, Philadelphia, Pa.: Dorrance and Company, Inc., page 167:
Synonyms of Mona Lisan
Forms of Mona Lisan
| comparative | more Mona Lisan |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Mona Lisan |
Origin of Mona Lisan
From Mona Lisa + -n.
Questions about Mona Lisan
- What does Mona Lisan mean?
- Mona Lisan means resembling or characteristic of the Mona Lisa.
- How do you use Mona Lisan in a sentence?
- Each attempt has failed and each writer has dwelt with peculiar emphasis upon the qualities of the Mona Lisan smile.
- What part of speech is Mona Lisan?
- Mona Lisan is an adjective.
Words near Mona Lisan in the dictionary
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