beauteous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- beauteously adverb
- beauteousness noun
- unbeauteous adjective
- unbeauteously adverb
- unbeauteousness noun
Etymology
Origin of beauteous
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at beauty, -ous
Example Sentences
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Veronique Black, a friend of Koskimaki and his wife, Teresa, noted that the sad portrayal of the man was a direct contrast to the beauteous gleam of the wall.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
She regularly treated warmly expressive lyric passages as theatrically sudden pauses for slowly drinking in a beauteous sight before once again briskly moving on.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022
In one, the beauteous Adèle is kidnapped by the vengeful “Rose” Noble in a plot reminiscent of Anthony Hope’s immortal “The Prisoner of Zenda.”
From Washington Post • May 15, 2019
Sure 'tis a place for punishment designed, / And not the beauteous happy spot I loved.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2015
“How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world ...” “Soma distribution!” shouted a loud voice.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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