beauty
The definition of beauty is the quality that provides pleasure to the senses or to the mind by behavior or attitude.
(noun)An attractive young lady, a stunning flower and a mother cat taking care of her kittens are all examples of beauty.
See beauty in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. beauties
- the quality attributed to whatever pleases or satisfies the senses or mind, as by line, color, form, texture, proportion, rhythmic motion, tone, etc., or by behavior, attitude, etc.
- a thing having this quality
- good looks
- a very good-looking woman
- any very attractive feature
Origin: ME beaute < OFr bealte < VL *bellitas < L bellus, pretty, lovely
See beauty in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. beau·ties
- The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality.
- One that is beautiful, especially a beautiful woman.
- A quality or feature that is most effective, gratifying, or telling: The beauty of the venture is that we stand to lose nothing.
- An outstanding or conspicuous example: “Hammett's gun went off. The shot was a beauty, just slightly behind the eyes” (Lillian Hellman).
Origin:
Origin: Middle English beaute
Origin: , from Old French biaute
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *bellitās
Origin: , from Latin bellus, pretty; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots
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Beauty
adonism
the beautification of a person, usually a male.
1. a specialist in aesthetics.
2. a proponent of aestheticism.
the doctrine that the principles of beauty are basic and that other principles (the good, the right) are derived from them, applied especially to a late 19th-century movement to bring art into daily life. See also art.
a branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and the beautiful. —aesthetic, n., adj. —aesthetical, adj.
the art or practice of the beautification of the skin, hair, or nails. —cosmetologist, n. —cosmetological, adj.
philocalist
a lover of beauty. —philocaly, n.
physical beauty, especially that of women. —pulchritudinous, adj.
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