beauty spotn.

Brit.

/ˈbjuːtɪ ˌspɒt/, U.S.

/ˈbjudi ˌspɑt/

Forms: see beauty n. and spot n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: beauty n., spot n.¹

Etymology: < beauty n. + spot n.¹Earlier currency of sense 4 is apparently implied by the place name Beauty Spot in South Carolina (?1792 in J. Asplund Ann. Reg. Baptist Denomination 41, and in the following quot.):1826 R. Mills Statistics S. Carolina 633 Several of those verdant spots in the wilderness, called Savannahs, are to be found occasionally in this district [sc. Cheraw]. The most noted is called the Beauty spot, near the centre of the district.

1. gen. Something beautiful, esp. a feature or aspect of something which is particularly attractive. Now rare. Frequently as a figurative use of sense 2a.

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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive thing

attraction1607

attractive1615

honeypot1618

sale-piece1621

beauty spot1645

eye-catcher1787

good-looker1854

spectacular1874

eye-opener1907

1645 D. Taylor Let. 27 Jan. in J. Vicars To his Friend Mr. J. Goodwin 6 This property in him were one of those beauty-spots which ravished you into a passionate adoration of him.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 129 If righteousness be such a beauty-spot in thine eyes.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxi. 99 That beauty-spot of wonders, her face.

1791 R. Broome Lett. Simkin Second vi. 35 He came forth with some Latin quotations, Which are beauty spots common in modern orations.

1895 D. L. Elmendorf Lantern Slides i. 22 Remember that a finger mark upon a slide is not a beauty spot, even if made by a pretty finger.

1944 D. Welch In Youth is Pleasure ii. 40 The squares of sponge..dressed with wicked green beauty-spots of pistachio nut.

a. Originally: a small dark mark or patch painted or placed on the face to enhance beauty. Now chiefly: a natural dark mark on the skin, esp. a mole or freckle on a woman's face.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots

spot1578

patch1592

beauty spot1647

fly1658

mouche1676

gunpowder spot1681

powder-spot1683

beauty patch1691

mouchet1699

coquette patch1705

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark

spotOE

markOE

tachea1400

macula?a1425

ruby1542

plotch1548

flea-biting1552

fleck1598

blanch1608

staina1616

naeve1619

neve1624

dark1637

sunspot1651

pip1676

liver spot1684

beauty spot1795

heat-spot1822

spilus1822

ink-spot1839

punctation1848

punctuation1848

macule1864

soldier's spots1874

pock1894

mouche1959

1647 W. Jenkyn Sleeping Sicknes 27 Witnesse that..shamefull & yet shamelesse nakednesse of necks and backs, those sin-blacke, hell-black, bewty-spotts (people would not account it a beauty to be borne with them).

1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 123 The setting of every hair..the placing of every beauty-spot.

1795 Monthly Rev. Nov. 342 The beauty-spot is there, I make no addition to what nature has already done.

1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 90 From painted faces to beauty-spots.

1899 Current Lit. Sept. 229/1 The eyes were the marvels of the face, soft as those of the gazelle and with a beauty spot under the left one.

1957 D. P. Costello tr. S. Hedayat Blind Owl iv. 111 She was wearing a beauty spot and her face was made up with rouge, ceruse and kohl.

1990 Essentials Sept. 60/1 Moles, beauty spots, call them what you will.., might be the warning sign of skin cancer.

2010 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 21 Nov. 3 The secret of supermodel Cindy Crawford's ageless allure may be her beauty spot.

†b. figurative. Something that contrasts with and so enhances the qualities of another thing; a foil. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament > foil

foil1581

set-offa1625

offset1628

setting-offa1640

beauty spot1701

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. ii. §49 The Deformity, and Filthyness of Swine, make them the Beauty-spot of the Animal Creation.

3. = speculum n. 4. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > marking on

beauty spot1804

wing-bar1844

speculum1847

wing-band1872

mirror1903

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 355 The divided black and green bar, or beauty-spot of the wings [of the teal]).

1852 Graham's Mag. July 17/2 Secondaries violet-blue and deep green, with black edges and a broad white margin, forming the speculum or beauty spot.

1906 Biennial Rep. Commissioner Fisheries & Game Indiana 371 A speculum, or beauty spot of rich, golden green, bordered below with a band of black, and another of white.

1965 S. D. Ripley in A. Wetmore et al. Water, Prey, & Game Birds N. Amer. 155 These pond and marsh dabblers feed on weeds... Most of them have a distinct speculum or ‘beauty spot’.

4. A beautiful place, esp. a place known for its beautiful natural scenery.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > type of

beauty spot1846

picturesque1852

moonscape1907

mudscape1908

postcard land1918

cultural landscape1919

dunescape1928

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty1949

wirescape1951

AONB1957

Marlboro Country1961

roofscaping1962

1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xxiv. 212 (heading) A beauty spot.

1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 91 Hill-streams and waterfalls rank among the beauty-spots of this beautiful world.

1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 338 They [sc. climbing plants] form an inextricable but transparent network, through which the rays of the sun pass to lighten up the minutest details of these rare beauty spots.

1919 Times 5 Sept. 864 A former Middlesex beauty-spot—Hanworth Park.

1952 E. L. Leeming Road Engin. (ed. 3) xviii. 198 Roads leading to beauty spots or to resorts on the coast would attract cyclists.

2007 National Geographic Traveler: Romania 121/2 Local beauty spots include the mountain of Detunata.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beauty spot
释义	beauty spotn. Brit. /ˈbjuːtɪ ˌspɒt/, U.S. /ˈbjudi ˌspɑt/ Forms: see beauty n. and spot n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: beauty n., spot n.¹ Etymology: < beauty n. + spot n.¹Earlier currency of sense 4 is apparently implied by the place name Beauty Spot in South Carolina (?1792 in J. Asplund Ann. Reg. Baptist Denomination 41, and in the following quot.):1826 R. Mills Statistics S. Carolina 633 Several of those verdant spots in the wilderness, called Savannahs, are to be found occasionally in this district [sc. Cheraw]. The most noted is called the Beauty spot, near the centre of the district. 1. gen. Something beautiful, esp. a feature or aspect of something which is particularly attractive. Now rare. Frequently as a figurative use of sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive thing attraction1607 attractive1615 honeypot1618 sale-piece1621 beauty spot1645 eye-catcher1787 good-looker1854 spectacular1874 eye-opener1907 1645 D. Taylor Let. 27 Jan. in J. Vicars To his Friend Mr. J. Goodwin 6 This property in him were one of those beauty-spots which ravished you into a passionate adoration of him. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 129 If righteousness be such a beauty-spot in thine eyes. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxi. 99 That beauty-spot of wonders, her face. 1791 R. Broome Lett. Simkin Second vi. 35 He came forth with some Latin quotations, Which are beauty spots common in modern orations. 1895 D. L. Elmendorf Lantern Slides i. 22 Remember that a finger mark upon a slide is not a beauty spot, even if made by a pretty finger. 1944 D. Welch In Youth is Pleasure ii. 40 The squares of sponge..dressed with wicked green beauty-spots of pistachio nut. 2. a. Originally: a small dark mark or patch painted or placed on the face to enhance beauty. Now chiefly: a natural dark mark on the skin, esp. a mole or freckle on a woman's face. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots spot1578 patch1592 beauty spot1647 fly1658 mouche1676 gunpowder spot1681 powder-spot1683 beauty patch1691 mouchet1699 coquette patch1705 the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark spotOE markOE tachea1400 macula?a1425 ruby1542 plotch1548 flea-biting1552 fleck1598 blanch1608 staina1616 naeve1619 neve1624 dark1637 sunspot1651 pip1676 liver spot1684 beauty spot1795 heat-spot1822 spilus1822 ink-spot1839 punctation1848 punctuation1848 macule1864 soldier's spots1874 pock1894 mouche1959 1647 W. Jenkyn Sleeping Sicknes 27 Witnesse that..shamefull & yet shamelesse nakednesse of necks and backs, those sin-blacke, hell-black, bewty-spotts (people would not account it a beauty to be borne with them). 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 123 The setting of every hair..the placing of every beauty-spot. 1795 Monthly Rev. Nov. 342 The beauty-spot is there, I make no addition to what nature has already done. 1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 90 From painted faces to beauty-spots. 1899 Current Lit. Sept. 229/1 The eyes were the marvels of the face, soft as those of the gazelle and with a beauty spot under the left one. 1957 D. P. Costello tr. S. Hedayat Blind Owl iv. 111 She was wearing a beauty spot and her face was made up with rouge, ceruse and kohl. 1990 Essentials Sept. 60/1 Moles, beauty spots, call them what you will.., might be the warning sign of skin cancer. 2010 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 21 Nov. 3 The secret of supermodel Cindy Crawford's ageless allure may be her beauty spot. †b. figurative. Something that contrasts with and so enhances the qualities of another thing; a foil. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament > foil foil1581 set-offa1625 offset1628 setting-offa1640 beauty spot1701 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. ii. §49 The Deformity, and Filthyness of Swine, make them the Beauty-spot of the Animal Creation. 3. = speculum n. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > marking on beauty spot1804 wing-bar1844 speculum1847 wing-band1872 mirror1903 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 355 The divided black and green bar, or beauty-spot of the wings [of the teal]). 1852 Graham's Mag. July 17/2 Secondaries violet-blue and deep green, with black edges and a broad white margin, forming the speculum or beauty spot. 1906 Biennial Rep. Commissioner Fisheries & Game Indiana 371 A speculum, or beauty spot of rich, golden green, bordered below with a band of black, and another of white. 1965 S. D. Ripley in A. Wetmore et al. Water, Prey, & Game Birds N. Amer. 155 These pond and marsh dabblers feed on weeds... Most of them have a distinct speculum or ‘beauty spot’. 4. A beautiful place, esp. a place known for its beautiful natural scenery. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > type of beauty spot1846 picturesque1852 moonscape1907 mudscape1908 postcard land1918 cultural landscape1919 dunescape1928 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty1949 wirescape1951 AONB1957 Marlboro Country1961 roofscaping1962 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xxiv. 212 (heading) A beauty spot. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 91 Hill-streams and waterfalls rank among the beauty-spots of this beautiful world. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 338 They [sc. climbing plants] form an inextricable but transparent network, through which the rays of the sun pass to lighten up the minutest details of these rare beauty spots. 1919 Times 5 Sept. 864 A former Middlesex beauty-spot—Hanworth Park. 1952 E. L. Leeming Road Engin. (ed. 3) xviii. 198 Roads leading to beauty spots or to resorts on the coast would attract cyclists. 2007 National Geographic Traveler: Romania 121/2 Local beauty spots include the mountain of Detunata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1645
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