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beauteousadj.n.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beauty n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < beauty n. (compare forms at that entry) + -ous suffix, probably after e.g. plenteous adj., bounteous adj.The connotations found in some recent use (see sense A. 1) are perhaps influenced by association with e.g. luscious adj., sensuous adj., voluptuous adj. T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1780) gives the pronunciation as /ˈbjuːtʃəs/. J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. (1791), criticizes Sheridan's rendering and gives /ˈbjuːtʃɪəs/. Earlier evidence for one or other pronunciation is provided by T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (1766) III. (at T): ‘It is said by some, that T sounds like ch before eous, ous, uous; as in beauteous, portentous, tortuous; but this seems a vicious pronunciation.’ Chiefly literary and poetic. A. adj.the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] [implied in: R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle 79 (MED) My flesch is made leyne and fowle emonge bewteuus [L. uenustos] of þis lyfe.]. a1438 (1940) i. 8 (MED) Owyr mercyful Lord Crist Ihesu..aperyd to hys creatur..in lyknesse of a man, most semly, most bewtyuows. 1480 (Caxton) iii Englond is beauteuous..flour of londes all aboute. ?1530 W. Neville (new ed.) sig. B.vi I haue attempted a thyng ryght Ieopardous To attayne the presence of my lady moste beautyus. 1590 27 His eies were lumynous, Chrystallyne and beauteous. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 85 A wife With wealth enough, and yong and beautious . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton iv. 697 Each beauteous flour. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele No. 144. ⁋1 There is something irresistible in a beauteous Form. 1763 C. Smart 20 Beauteous the multitudes in mail, Rank'd arms and crested heads. 1807 W. Wordsworth I. 123 It is a beauteous evening, calm and free. 1855 R. Browning In a Balcony in II. 103 The dearest, richest, beauteousest and best Of women. 1900 7 May 5/1 (heading) Among the flowers and foliage plants will be many sparkling fountains to enliven the beauteous scene. 1958 J. Kerouac 140 Golden days with beauteous moon at night, warm, one emboldened frog picking up a croak song. 1989 (Nexis) 7 Sept. e1 Beauteous Kate (Isabella Hoffman) is the siren-next-door, a voluptuous redhead whose singleness is hard to fathom. 2000 R. Topping i. 6 Then..emerged The Supermodel—whose beauteous bikinied form had looked down at him from a poster on the wall. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > specifically of intellect or morals a1450 (c1400–25) H. Legat Serm. Passion in D. M. Grisdale (1939) 11 (MED) Al þus passiuns..had Crist for þe loue of..þat bewtuvus creature, mannis soule. c1475 in (1913) 130 311 (MED) The dove also..In hert bothe meke and beauteuous, Vnto the erthe she toke her flyte. ?1526 J. Fisher iii. sig. f.ii The lyght of true faith, whiche..moche doth honeste and make beautious the harte of a christen man. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie in 18 Nathelesse the soule is faire and beauteous still. 1612 B. Jonson iii. i. sig. F3v This heate of his may turn into a zeale, And stand vp for the beauteous discipline, Against the menstruous cloth, and ragg of Rome. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock 204 The most Non-pareille Beauty of the World, Beauteous Knowledge. 1718 G. Jacob 12 A groop of Charms in Bellandine we find, A beauteous Form, but a more beauteous Mind. 1767 F. Sydenham tr. Plato 207 A Person of a beauteous Soul and generous Nature. 1814 Apr. 409 The beauteous ideas, the grand and elevated thoughts I have conceived in my mind. 1885 V. Frantz iv. 451 We love to contemplate his beauteous mind, His towering intellect, his strength of thought. 1914 G. H. Young ii. iii. 217 To accept the fact of His beauteous character must also require the acceptance of the forces that went into the making of it. 1990 25 Apr. 34/4 The beauteous nature of the Princess who, against the odds, was still behaving with remarkable restraint. B. n.the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle 79 (MED) My flesch is made leyne and fowle emonge bewteuus [L. uenustos] of þis lyfe. 1593 G. Peele sig. C4v It shall become thy Nell, Bounteous to be vnto the beauteous. 1672 71 The Beauteous are not faire, Whose coyness breeds despaire. 1710 R. Steele No. 217. ⁋11 If..the Beauteous could but rage a little before a Glass, and see their pretty Countenances grow wild. 1752 Apr. 187/2 The good, the beauteous, and the wise must mourn. 1820 J. A. Heraud 4 My Soul delights in every sylvan spot, Where she may find the Beauteous and the Grand. 1842 51 101 Down to the dreary caverns of the grave Pass'd,..Unmark'd, unmourn'd the beauteous and the brave. 1851 E. A. Bowring tr. F. Schiller 244 Even the Beauteous must die! 1990 D. Ashton (new ed.) x. 146 His straining toward the reconciliation of the beauteous and the monstrous. 1998 11 July 4 This transmedia blitz of the beauteous and the bimboid gives clubbing an unreconstructed image. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1435 |