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Beauty

Beauty (beauty)
n.(b1913 webster dictionary"t)
Beau"ty
; pl. Beauties ((?)). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus<
  1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

    Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
    Locke.

    The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
    Wordsworth.

    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.
    Coleridge.

  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.
    Shak.

  4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
    [Obs.]

    She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.
    Jer. Taylor.

    Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.














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