beautiful.
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Meaning & usage
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
There's a beautiful lake by the town.
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
the house beautiful
That one likes very much.
He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
You've done a beautiful thing today.
Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
Beethoven's most beautiful sonata
It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.
Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
The skater performed a beautiful axel.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.
Hey, beautiful!
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).
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