beau ideal

beau i·de·al

B0140600 (bō′ ī-dē′əl)n. pl. beau ideals 1. The concept of perfect beauty.2. An idealized type or model: the beau ideal of a high-ranking army officer.

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[French beau idéal : beau, perfect + idéal, ideal.]

beau idéal

(bo ideal) n, pl beaux idéals (boz ideal) perfect beauty or excellence[literally: ideal beauty]

beau′ ide′al

n., pl. beaus ideal, beaux ideal for 1; beau ideals for 2. 1. a conception of perfect beauty. 2. a model of excellence. [1795–1805; < French beau idéal literally, ideal beauty]

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beau ideal - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a conceptparagon, perfection, idolideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attaingold standard - a paragon of excellence; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"

beau ideal

nounOne that is worthy of imitation or duplication:example, exemplar, ideal, mirror, model, paradigm, pattern, standard.