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beau⋅te⋅ous

[byoo-tee-uhs, -tyuhs]
–adjective Chiefly Literary.
beautiful.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see beauty, -ous


beau⋅te⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
beau⋅te⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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beau·te·ous   (byōō'tē-əs)   
adj.  Beautiful, especially to the sight.
beau'te·ous·ly adv., beau'te·ous·ness n.
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