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beau⋅ty
[byoo-tee] 
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). |
| 2. | a beautiful person, esp. a woman. |
| 3. | a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building. |
| 4. | Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment. |
| 5. | an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting. |
| 6. | Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects. |
| 7. | (usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty. |
| 8. | something excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty. |
Origin:
1225–75; ME be(a)ute < OF beaute; r. ME bealte < OF beltet < VL *bellitāt- (s. of *bellitās), equiv. to L bell(us) fine + -itāt- -ity
1225–75; ME be(a)ute < OF beaute; r. ME bealte < OF beltet < VL *bellitāt- (s. of *bellitās), equiv. to L bell(us) fine + -itāt- -ity
Synonyms:
1. loveliness, pulchritude, comeliness, fairness, attractiveness. 2. belle.
1. loveliness, pulchritude, comeliness, fairness, attractiveness. 2. belle.
Antonyms:
1. ugliness.
1. ugliness.
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| beau·ty (byōō'tē) n. pl. beau·ties
[Middle English beaute, from Old French biaute, from Vulgar Latin *bellitās, from Latin bellus, pretty; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Beauty
Beau"ty\, n.; pl. Beauties . [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e], Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]1. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. --Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. --Wordsworth. The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. --Coleridge. 2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature. 3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak. 4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.] She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. --Jer. Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
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Language Translation for : Beauty
Spanish:
belleza,
German:
die Schönheit,
Japanese:
美
beauty
c.1275, from Anglo-Norm. beute, from O.Fr. bealte, earlier beltet, from V.L. bellitatem "state of being handsome," from L. bellus "fine, beautiful," in classical L. used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men. Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness." Replaced O.E. wlite. Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded 1483. Abbreviated form beaut "a beautiful thing or person" is from 1866. Beauteous, now limited to poetry, is attested earlier (1440) than beautiful (1526). Beautician first recorded 1924, Amer.Eng. (the Cleveland, Ohio, telephone directory, to be precise); beauty salon is from 1922, a classier substitution for earlier beauty shop (1901). Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850. Beautiful people "the fashionable set" first attested 1964.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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beauty
In addition to the idiom beginning with beauty, also see that's the beauty of.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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