beaut
[byoot]
- (often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
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Origin of beaut
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Historical Examples
He came in with a valise, and I saw him open it and say, 'You are a beaut, you are.'
Fergy, said the city editor, heres a beaut for you—right in your line.
Local ColorIrvin S. Cobb
The next evening Beaut sat in the darkness on the steps before the bakery.
Marching MenSherwood Anderson
Beaut went on cleaning the horses and thinking of what the hunchback had said.
Marching MenSherwood Anderson
I saw her, an' she's some beaut; Joe ain't passin' up nuthin' like that.
The Devil's OwnRandall Parrish
beaut
- a person or thing that is outstanding or distinctive
- a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person
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- good or excellent
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- Also: you beaut! an exclamation of joy or pleasure
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Word Origin and History for beaut
n.
1866, abbreviated form of beauty in the sense of "a beautiful thing or person."
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