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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses;

2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman;
[syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]

3. an outstanding example of its kind;
- Example: "his roses were beauties"
- Example: "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
[syn: beauty, beaut]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beauty
    n 1: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant:
         ugliness]
    2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher,
       stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart,
       peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
    3: an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were
       beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn:
       beauty, beaut]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

BEAUTY, n.  The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a
husband.