Beauteous
/ˈbjuːtɪəs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 beautiful. formal, literary, poetic
"VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, And make me trauaile forth without my cloake, To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way, Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke."
Adjective
- 1 (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet."
Etymology
From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.