Meaning of BEAUTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'byootee
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- [n] the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- [n] an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
- [n] a very attractive or seductive looking woman
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| | Synonyms: | | beaut, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
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| | Antonyms: | | ugliness | | |
| | See Also: | | adult female, appearance, attractiveness, beauteousness, comeliness, cuteness, example, exemplar, exquisiteness, fairness, glamor, glamour, glory, good example, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness, model, picturesqueness, pleasingness, prettiness, pulchritude, raw beauty, resplendence, resplendency, visual aspect, woman | |
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| | Definition: | | Beauty
The well-known love story of Beauty and the Beast has been expanded to novel length, this time with Beauty an ugly duckling who blossoms in the end. McKinley, a well-known fantasy writer, has endowed the story with three-dimensional characters, from Beauty and her loving family, to the long-suffering Beast. The magic adds another dimension to the story, both humorous and fantastic, and the novel is sure to please all fantasy lovers. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [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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