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beauty
n. prettiness, handsomeness

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

#beauty
■ noun (plural beauties)
a combination of qualities that delights the aesthetic senses.
[as modifier] denoting something intended to make someone more attractive: beauty treatment.
a beautiful woman.
an excellent example of something.
an attractive feature or advantage.

Origin
ME: from OFr. beaute, based on L. #bellus 'beautiful, fine'.

WordNet 2.0

beauty

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Noun
1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
(antonym) ugliness
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(hyponym) raw beauty
(attribute) beautiful
(derivation) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
(synonym) smasher, stunner, knockout, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
(hypernym) woman, adult female
3. an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
(synonym) beaut
(hypernym) exemplar, example, model, good example

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