beauteous

[ byoo-tee-uhs, -tyuhs ]

adjective

, Chiefly Literary.

1. beautiful.

beauteous

/ ˈbjuːtɪəs /

adjective

1. a poetic word for beautiful

Derived Forms

• ˈbeauteously, adverb
• ˈbeauteousness, noun

Other Words From

• beaute·ous·ly adverb
• beaute·ous·ness noun
• un·beaute·ous adjective
• un·beaute·ous·ly adverb
• un·beaute·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beauteous¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; beauty, -ous

Example Sentences

She made “Harawi” into a beauteous yet dark landmark of singing.

From Los Angeles Times

Veronique Black, a friend of Koskimaki and his wife, Teresa, noted that the sad portrayal of the man was a direct contrast to the beauteous gleam of the wall.

From Seattle Times

“We got a beauteous subject, Kev; Crosby laughed at first, but then he signed off on it.”

From Literature

She regularly treated warmly expressive lyric passages as theatrically sudden pauses for slowly drinking in a beauteous sight before once again briskly moving on.

From Los Angeles Times

And nobody ever personified the graceful and beauteous indulgences of art better than Oscar Wilde.

From Los Angeles Times