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

So begins “Song For Zula,” a beauteous six-minute ballad courtesy of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Matthew Houck and co.

From The Daily Beast

And, while there are many startlingly violent scenes, they are juxtaposed with beauteous ones.

From The Daily Beast

“Bring the drugs baby, I can bring my pain,” The Weeknd sings in his beauteous, soaring voice, backed by off-key sonic beats.

From The Daily Beast

We were both very taken with Anson, he was tall and beauteous and very, very young.

From The Daily Beast

Embodying in itself all the others, in some aspects of its character it presents these united in a singular and beauteous whole.

From Project Gutenberg

More beauteous than what is simply material, is it to the mind's eye as a Covenant sign.

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That 'ere beauteous maid is to be worshipped from afar—jest like a star.

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One of Eothwald's hands rested on the word Duva, which he had finished chiselling beneath his beauteous beloved.

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Who can discover or fully explain the nature, order, and beauteous economy, displayed in the animate and inanimate creation?

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