- beauteous
- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from beaute Date: 15th century beautiful • beauteously adverb • beauteousness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
beauteous
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beauteous — is a literary and chiefly poetical word for beautiful, used memorably by Wordsworth (It is a beauteous evening, calm and free) and madly by Ophelia in Hamlet: Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark? … Modern English usage
Beauteous — Beau te*ous (b[=u] t[ e]*[u^]s), a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [Mostly poetic] {Beau te*ous*ly}, adv. {Beau te*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beauteous — index attractive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
beauteous — (adj.) mid 15c., from BEAUTY (Cf. beauty) + OUS (Cf. ous). Now mostly limited to poetry and displaced elsewhere by BEAUTIFUL (Cf. beautiful). Related: Beauteously; beauteousness … Etymology dictionary
beauteous — pulchritudinous, fair, good looking, handsome, pretty, comely, bonny, lovely, *beautiful Analogous words: alluring, attractive, fascinating, charming (see under ATTRACT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beauteous — ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ beautiful … English terms dictionary
beauteous — [byo͞ot′ē əs] adj. [ME: see BEAUTY & OUS] beautiful SYN. BEAUTIFUL beauteously adv … English World dictionary
beauteous — [[t]bju͟ːtiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Beauteous means the same as beautiful. [LITERARY] ...the beauteous Miss Flora Montgomery … English dictionary
beauteous — adjective beautiful Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day … Wiktionary
beauteous — beau|te|ous [ˈbju:tiəs] adj literary beautiful ▪ the beauteous Helen of Troy >beauteously adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
beauteous — adjective poetic beautiful: the beauteous Helen of Troy beauteously adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
