Beauty definition
The beauty of the venture is that we stand to lose nothing.
The golf shot was a beauty, stopping a foot from the hole.
Beauty products.
An attractive young lady, a stunning flower and a mother cat taking care of her kittens are all examples of beauty.
The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
It's the long weekend. Beauty!
He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of beauty
- Middle English beaute from Old French biaute from Vulgar Latin bellitās from Latin bellus pretty deu-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitās (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau.
From Wiktionary