Beauty
Beauty (bū"ty) , noun
[Old English beaute, beute, Old French beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, French beauté, from an assumed Late Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus pretty. See Beau.]
1.
An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the asthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, “multitude in unity;” and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty.
2.
A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
3.
A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of Verona.
4.
Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obsolete]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.
Collocations (1)
Beauty spot , a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.