beauty
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beauty/ˈbjuːti/
▶noun (pl. beauties)
- 1 a combination of qualities that delights the aesthetic senses.
- 2 [as modifier] denoting something intended to make someone more attractive: beauty treatment.
- 3 a beautiful woman.
- 4 an excellent example of something.
- 5 an attractive feature or advantage.
– origin ME: from OFr. beaute, based on L. bellus ‘beautiful, fine’.
'beauty' also found in these Oxford entries:
aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetics
- angel
- beau idéal
- beautician
- beauty contest
- beauty queen
- beauty salon
- beauty sleep
- beauty spot
- bird of paradise
- bloom
- body wrap
- callipygian
- callistemon
- callisthenics
- Camberwell beauty
- court plaster
- dainty
- Eden
- facial
- facialist
- glory
- goddess
- grace
- health club
- ineffable
- majestic
- majesty
- miss
- mourning cloak
- music
- pageant
- pine beauty
- plain
- poetry
- pulchritude
- showplace
- spa
- species
- Sri
- sublime
- -ty
- unbeautiful
- vision
