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Definitions for beauteous
ˈbyu ti əs, -tyəsbeau·teous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beauteousadjective

    (poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight

Wiktionary

  1. beauteousadjective

    beautiful

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Beauteousadjective

    Fair; elegant in form; pleasing to the sight; beautiful. This word is chiefly poetical.

    Etymology: from beauty.

    I can, Petrucio, help thee to a wife,
    With wealth enough, and young, and beauteous. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

    Alas! not hoping to subdue,
    I only to the flight aspir’d;
    To keep the beauteous foe in view,
    Was all the glory I desir’d. Matthew Prior.

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  1. beauteous

    Beauteous is an adjective, an old-fashioned or literary term, meaning something is very beautiful, pleasing to the eyes or attractive. It's used to describe someone or something with great aesthetic appeal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Beauteousadjective

    full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome

Editors Contribution

  1. beauteous

    beautiful


    Submitted by cathi_b on September 22, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of beauteous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of beauteous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of beauteous in a Sentence

  1. Cervantes:

    Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

  2. William Shakespeare:

    This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.

  3. Omar Khayyam:

    Hearts are like tapers, which at beauteous eyes Kindle a flame of love that never dies; And beauty is a flame, where hearts, like moths, Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.

  4. Robert Bridges:

    I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honored for them.

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