- Beauty
- Beauty Beau"ty (b[=u]"t[y^]), n.; pl. {Beauties}
(b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e],
Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from
L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
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1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
moral sense.
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Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature. [1913 Webster]
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. [1913 Webster]
All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
{Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
