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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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
And nobody ever personified the graceful and beauteous indulgences of art better than Oscar Wilde.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, and make me travel forth without my cloak, to let base clouds o’ertake me?
From Washington Post • May 10, 2018
Sure 'tis a place for punishment designed, / And not the beauteous happy spot I loved.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2015
“How' many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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