Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beauty"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Beauty \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [OE. beaute, beute, OF.
beaut['e], biaut['e], Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an
assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
1. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
moral sense.

Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
--Locke.

The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
--Wordsworth.

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.

2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.

3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.

All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak.

4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]

She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
beauty. --Jer. Taylor.

{Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
to heighten beauty by contrast.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

beauty
n 1: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant: {ugliness}]
2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: {smasher},
{stunner}, {knockout}, {ravisher}, {sweetheart}, {peach},
{lulu}, {looker}, {mantrap}, {dish}]
3: an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were
beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn: {beaut}]


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