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beauty

noun

beau·​ty ˈbyü-tē How to pronounce beauty (audio)
plural beauties
1
: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit : loveliness
a woman of great physical beauty
exploring the natural beauty of the island
A thing of beauty is a joy forever … John Keats
2
: a beautiful person or thing
His new car's a real beauty.
especially : a beautiful woman
She was a great beauty in her day.
3
: a particularly graceful, ornamental, or excellent quality
Well, at any rate, he had two great beauties—the pale flat white of his skin and his great shaggy mass of dark hair. Dorothy C. Fisher
4
: a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instance
caught a couple of beauties on our last fishing trip
that mistake was a beauty
5

Example Sentences

We explored the natural beauty of the island. I'm learning to appreciate the beauty of poetry. We explored the natural beauties of the island. She was one of the great beauties of her time.
Recent Examples on the Web The makeup brand was an instant hit, largely because of her cemented status as a wildly popular beauty and style heroine. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022 Alongside a portable speaker, sunglasses, and a Chanel purse (complete with lighter attachment), Moss—who launched her own beauty and wellbeing brand Cosmoss this week— always carries the cult Clarins Eau Dynamisante. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022 In the Middle Ages, women plucked their eyebrows and hairlines to create the illusion of an elongated forehead—a mark of beauty and intelligence. Isabel Slone, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Jasmine Washington is an assistant editor for Seventeen, covering beauty and pop culture. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 8 Sep. 2022 There are surprises and disappointments, bright glimpses of beauty and quiet moments of profound grief. Longreads, 8 Sep. 2022 The red carpet is a place to transform — and at Venice Film Festival 2022, attendees have been shapeshifting into all manner of different guises by way of their beauty and sartorial choices. Hannah Coates, Allure, 7 Sep. 2022 The supermodel, who was recently appointed creative director of Diet Coke, has unveiled her own beauty and wellness brand, Cosmoss. Alice Cary, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 Because of their beauty and relative rarity, old-growth burls command good rates from burl shop owners and distributors and are eventually turned into tables and bowls, or carved into trinkets and statues. Lyndsie Bourgon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English beaute, bealte, borrowed from Anglo-French, from bel, beau "beautiful, good-looking" (going back to Latin bellus) + -te -ty — more at beau

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beauty was in the 14th century

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