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beau-ideal|ˌbəʊaɪˈdiːəl|
[a. F. beau idéal the ideal Beautiful, ‘the Beautiful’ as an abstract conception; beau being the n., and idéal the adj. But in Eng., where the adj. usually precedes the n., there has been a tendency to take ideal as the n. part, whence the current usage; cf. ideal.]
†1. The ideal Beautiful; the Beautiful, or beauty, in its ideal perfection. Obs.
1801M. Edgeworth Belinda xix. (D.) The image which they have in their own minds of the beau ideal is cast upon the first objects they afterwards behold.
2. The highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; that in which one's ‘ideal’ is realized, the perfect type or model.
1820Irving Sketch-Bk., John Bull (D.) Wonderfully captivated with the beau idéal which they have formed of John Bull. 1827Gent. Mag. XCVII. ii. 516 The beau ideal of manly beauty. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xxii. 231 The Highlanders came to regard him as the very beau-idéal of a minister. |