Beauteous

//ˈbjuːtɪəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight wordnet

Synonyms

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beautifulaestheticaesthetically appealingattractionattractivebonny

Antonyms

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deform

Example

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"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.

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