beaut

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noun Informal.

(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.

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Origin of beaut

1865–70, Americanism; by shortening from beauty

Can be confusedbeaut butte Butte

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Examples from the Web for beaut

They said it was a ‘beaut of a day’, though, and urged us to come tomorrow and repeat the program.
Our Next-Door Neighbors|Belle Kanaris Maniates
Just as you are attracted by her beaut—by her appearance and manner, she is attracted by yours.'
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
Beaut jumped up from the log and strode before the trembling figure.
Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson
For the first time the marble image of “beaut impassible” trembled in the hands of the poets.
Paul Verlaine|Stefan Zweig

For a moment Beaut McGregor had given them a peep under the crust of civilisation that awoke an age-old trembling in their hearts.
Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for beaut

beaut

noun

a person or thing that is outstanding or distinctive

a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person

adjective

good or excellent

interjection

Also: you beaut! an exclamation of joy or pleasure

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Word Origin and History for beaut

beaut

1866, abbreviated form of beauty in the sense of "a beautiful thing or person."