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; beauty, -ous
Example Sentences
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The effect is that of being submerged in a lush wash of beauteous flute chords.
From Los Angeles Times
She made “Harawi” into a beauteous yet dark landmark of singing.
From Los Angeles Times
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
“We got a beauteous subject, Kev; Crosby laughed at first, but then he signed off on it.”
From Literature
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
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