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Webster 1913 Edition


Beautiful

Beau′ti-ful

(bū′tĭ-fụl)
,
Adj.
Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
A circle is more
beautiful
than a square; a square is more
beautiful
than a parallelogram.
Lord Kames.
Beau′ti-ful-ly
,
adv.
Beau′ti-ful-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Beautiful

BEAU'TIFUL

,
Adj.
bu'tiful. [beauty and full.]
1.
Elegant in form, fair,having the form that pleases the eye. It expresses more than handsome.
A beautiful woman is one of the most attractive objects in all nature's works.
A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram.
2.
Having the qualities which constitute beauty, or that which pleases the senses other than the sight; as a beautiful sound.

Definition 2024


beautiful

beautiful

English

Adjective

beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)

  1. Attractive and possessing charm.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:
      ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
    Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
    There's a beautiful lake by the town.
  2. (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
    It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.
  3. Well executed.
    The skater performed a beautiful axel.

Usage notes

The comparatives beautifuler and beautifuller, and the superlatives beautifulest and beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are nonstandard.

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Related terms

  • beauty
    • See also Wikisaurus:beautiful woman

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Most common English words before 1923: England · sense · ten · #422: beautiful · possible · mark · followed