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noun, plural -ties.
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a beautiful person, especially a woman.
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Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment.
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Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.
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(usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty.
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COLLAPSEsomething excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty.
Origin:
1225–75; Middle English be(a)ute < Old French beaute; replacing Middle English bealte < Old French beltet < Vulgar Latin *bellitāt- (stem of *bellitās), equivalent to Latin bell(us) fine + -itāt- -ity
1225–75; Middle English be(a)ute < Old French beaute; replacing Middle English bealte < Old French beltet < Vulgar Latin *bellitāt- (stem of *bellitās), equivalent to Latin bell(us) fine + -itāt- -ity
Related forms
non·beau·ty, noun, plural -ties.
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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Beauties
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
beauty
late 13c., from Anglo-Norm. beute, O.Fr. biauté (12c., "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person," Mod.Fr. beauté), earlier beltet, from V.L. bellitatem (nom. bellitas) "state of being handsome," from L. bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical L. used especially of women and children,
EXPANDor ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-eye- and related to bonus "good," bene "well." 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 late 15c. Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850.
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