Beau"ty (bū"t&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Beauties (&?;). [OE. beaute,
beute, OF. beauté,
biauté, Pr. beltat, F.
beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral
sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
Locke.
The production of beauty by a
multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in
a consistent whole.
Wordsworth.
The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty.
Coleridge.
2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of
Verona.
Shak.
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.
Jer. Taylor.
Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with
intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
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