Beauty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Beauty	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beauty n the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant: ugliness] a very attractive or seductive looking woman Synonym(s): smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" Synonym(s): beauty, beaut
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beauty \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut[82], biaut[82], Pr. beltat, F. beaut[82], 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 [91]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, [bd]multitude in unity;[b8] 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.