beauty
/ˈbjuti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing."
- "“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
- "‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes."
- "Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered."
- ""The aviators didn't get him," Denham replied slowly. "What?" "It was Beauty. As always Beauty killed the Beast.""
- "Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bewty, -, beauté, *bellitātem, bellus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbjuti/
- British English: /ˈbjuːti/
Usage
Inflected Forms
beauties (plural)
more beauty (comparative)
most beauty (superlative)
beautiest (archaic, poetic)
beauties (present, singular)
beautying (participle, present)
beautied (participle, past)
beautied (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
good-lookingness
gorgeousness
inspiration
loveliness
belle
looker
good looker
beautiful person
beautiful woman
gem
jewel
attractiveness