beauteous

American  

[byoo-tee-uhs, -tyuhs] / ˈbyu ti əs, -tyəs /

adjective

Chiefly Literary.

1. beautiful.

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beauteous British  

/ ˈbjuːtɪəs /

adjective

1. a poetic word for beautiful

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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

“A vast eggshell, built of iron and glass, this dome — a beauteous bubble, caught and put in permanent form. I say a beauty and genuine success.”

From Washington Post

“Nature with a beauteous wall doth oft close in pollution,” I muttered, quoting Viola from “Twelfth Night” as I cleaned off the tuna fish someone had smeared on my locker.

From New York Times

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

And if Reich has not lost any of his timing as a composer in this breathtakingly beauteous and perfectly pitched work, it is but a very slight fraction.

From Los Angeles Times

Her “Grande Passion ” shamelessly emphasizes physical beauty: “If you should break your beauteous nose, / My love would perish, I suppose; / . . . But lose, my love, your soul and sense — / I should not know the difference.”

From Washington Post