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From Anglo-Norman < Old French biauté < Vulgar Latin *bellitās (“beauty”) < Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau and fair.
Pronunciation
Noun
beauty (countable and uncountable; plural beauties)
- The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.
- 1988: "… beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -Second Son, Robert Ferro
- Someone who is beautiful.
- Chris is a beauty.
- Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
- That phrasing is a beauty.
- What a goal, what a beauty.
- An excellent or egregious example of something.
- (with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius
- The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
- (physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
Synonyms
- (property, quality): gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness
- (someone who is beautiful): belle, looker
- (An excellent or egregious example): gem, jewel
- See also Wikisaurus:beauty
- See also Wikisaurus:beautiful woman
Antonyms
- (property, quality): repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness
Derived terms
Derived terms
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See also
Interjection
beauty
- (Canadian) Thanks! Cool!
- It's the long weekend. Beauty!
Adverb
beauty (comparative more beauty, superlative most beauty)
- (Canadian) Of high quality, well done.
- He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.
External links
- beauty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- beauty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Dutch
Etymology
From English beauty.
Noun
beauty (plural beauties or beauty's, diminutive beautytje, diminutive plural beautytjes)
- A beauty, looker, beautiful person
- A beautiful other creature or thing
- Die prachtige hengst is al net zo'n beauty als z'n ruiter
- That gorgeous stallion is as much of a beauty as his rider
- Die prachtige hengst is al net zo'n beauty als z'n ruiter
- Human beauty, as the object or goal of cosmetics etc.
Synonyms
- schoonheid
- (beautiful thing only) juweeltje n., prachtexemplaar n.
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I suppose you've noticed the bandwagon jumpers by now. Happens every time, of course, and all that can be done is to grin and bear it. Like Christmas,
