beauteous

adjective

beau·​te·​ous ˈbyü-tē-əs How to pronounce beauteous (audio)
chiefly literary
: beautiful
beauteous mountains
a beauteous smile
… thou hast given me in this beauteous face / A world of earthly blessings to my soulWilliam Shakespeare
… high summer pours her blue glory and her golden light out of that beauteous sky …Charlotte Brontë
"My eyes swept over all before me. The spheres were plain as villages that dot a landscape. I saw most beauteous forms, yet like our own."Herman Melville
beauteously adverb
beauteousness noun

Examples of beauteous in a Sentence

the day ended with a beauteous sunset
Recent Examples on the Web But nothing beats going into a bakery and admiring the beauteous bounty of sweetness in the pastry case. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023 That is quite some poetically beauteous dreaming. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 After making the early morning trek to the farmers market, selecting the very best peak summer produce, and schlepping a bursting tote bag back home, finding a once-beauteous tomato smashed at the bottom of your bag is one of summer’s biggest little bummers. Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2021 Raquel Welch, who did a lot of her own skating, is most credible as the beauteous but tough star for whom team owner Kevin McCarthy has big plans. Carmel Dagan, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023 Four months after Boseman’s death, on New Year’s Eve, another beauteous, haunting death announcement appeared, this time from the Instagram account of Daniel Dumile, otherwise known MF DOOM. C. Brandon Ogbunu, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021 The hot- and-cold temperatures of the cinematography waver between blue, beauteous loneliness and yellow-hot rage and confusion, just as Killian does. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023 Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan goes back in time to tell the origin story of the Dutton Family in 1883, an unfettered look at the old West that's told through the eyes of a beauteous young blonde named Elsa Dutton (newcomer Isabel May). Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021 And nobody ever personified the graceful and beauteous indulgences of art better than Oscar Wilde. Scott Bradfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from beaute beauty

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beauteous was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Beauteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauteous. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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beauteous

adjective
beau·​te·​ous ˈbyüt-ē-əs How to pronounce beauteous (audio)
beauteously adverb
beauteousness noun
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