BEAUTY


Meaning of BEAUTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbyü-tē ]

noun

( plural beauties )

Etymology: Middle English beaute, bealte, from Anglo-French, from bel, beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty; akin to Latin bonus good — more at bounty

Date: 14th century

1. : the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit : loveliness

2. : a beautiful person or thing ; especially : a beautiful woman

3. : a particularly graceful, ornamental, or excellent quality

4. : a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instance

that mistake was a beauty

5. : bottom 9

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.