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beauties
(encz) | beauties,krásy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Beauties
(gcide) | Beauty \Beau"ty\ (b[=u]"t[y^]), n.; pl. Beauties
(b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e],
Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from
L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
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1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
moral sense.
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Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
--Locke.
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The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
--Wordsworth.
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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.
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2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
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3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
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All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak.
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4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
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She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
beauty. --Jer. Taylor.
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Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
to heighten beauty by contrast.
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bevy of beauties
(encz) | bevy of beauties,skupina hezkých žen Zdeněk Brož |
Beauties
(gcide) | Beauty \Beau"ty\ (b[=u]"t[y^]), n.; pl. Beauties
(b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e],
Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from
L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
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1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
moral sense.
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Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
--Locke.
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The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
--Wordsworth.
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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.
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2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
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3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
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All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak.
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4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
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She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
beauty. --Jer. Taylor.
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Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
to heighten beauty by contrast.
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