beauteous
Americanadjective
adjective
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- 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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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
And nobody ever personified the graceful and beauteous indulgences of art better than Oscar Wilde.
From Los Angeles Times
“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
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