beauty /būˈti/

1. The quality that gives pleasure to the sight, or aesthetic pleasure generally
2. A particular grace or excellence
3. A beautiful person (often ironic), esp a woman
4. Beautiful women as a group (obsolete)
5. A very fine specimen of its kind (informal)
6. The good feature (of) (informal)
7. (in pl) beautiful passages or extracts
8. Another name for bottomness (see under bottom)

To make beautiful

An enthusiastic expression of approval (also Aust, NZ and Scot you beauty)

beaut noun (slang)

Someone or something exceptionally beautiful or remarkable

Excellent, fine

beauˈteous /būˈti-əs/ adjective

A bookish word for beautiful

beauˈteously adverb

beauˈteousness noun

beautician /bū-tishˈən/ noun

A person professionally engaged in hairdressing, facial make-up, manicuring and other beauty treatments

beautificāˈtion noun

beauˈtifier noun

A person who or something which beautifies or makes beautiful

beauˈtiful adjective

1. Good-looking, attractive
2. With qualities that give pleasure or delight to the senses, esp the eye and ear, or which awaken admiration in the mind
3. Very enjoyable, excellent (informal)

beauˈtifully adverb

beauˈtify transitive verb

1. To make beautiful
2. To grace
3. To adorn

To become beautiful, or more beautiful

beauty contest noun

A competition held for the selection of a beauty queen

beauty parlour or beauty salon noun

An establishment which offers hairdressing, manicuring, face-massaging and other beauty treatments

beauty queen noun

A woman who is voted the most attractive or best-proportioned in a competition

beauty sleep noun

Sleep, esp the sleep before midnight, considered the most refreshing

beauty spot noun

1. A patch placed on the face to heighten beauty
2. A birthmark resembling such a patch
3. A foil to set off something else
4. A scene of outstanding beauty

the beautiful people

(also with caps) the rich, attractive and fashionable members of a society

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