BEAUTIED

Etymology

Adjective

beautied (comparative more beautied, superlative most beautied)

(obsolete, poetic) beautiful; embellished

Verb

beautied

simple past tense and past participle of beauty

Source: Wiktionary


Beau"tied, p. a.

Definition: Beautiful; embellished. [Poetic] Shak.

BEAUTY

Beau"ty, n.; pl. Beauties. Etym: [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, 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 æsthetic 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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