beautifuladj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈbjuːtᵻf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈbjudəfəl/

Forms: late Middle English bewteful, late Middle English–1500s bewtefull, late Middle English–1600s beauteful, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s beautefull, 1500s beaultifull, 1500s beaultyfull, 1500s beautyefull, 1500s beawtefull, 1500s beawtyful, 1500s beuteful, 1500s beutefull, 1500s beutyfull, 1500s bewtieful, 1500s bewtiefull, 1500s bewtyfull, 1500s butyful, 1500s–1600s beautieful, 1500s–1600s beautyful, 1500s–1600s beautyfull, 1500s–1600s beawtiful, 1500s–1600s beawtifull, 1500s–1600s beawtyfull, 1500s–1600s beutiful, 1500s–1600s beutifull, 1500s–1600s beutyful, 1500s–1600s bewtifull, 1500s–1600s bewtyful, 1500s–1600s butifull, 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (Lincolnshire)) bewtiful, 1500s–1700s beautifull, 1500s– beautiful, 1600s beautiefull, 1600s butiful, 1600s (1800s U.S. regional) bootefull, 1800s– beauteeful (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– butival (English regional), 1800s– byootiful (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– byutiful (regional and nonstandard), 1900s– be'youtiful (U.S. regional), 1900s– byuteeful (regional and nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beauty n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < beauty n. + -ful suffix. Compare beauteous adj.In sense A. 4 frequently rendering classical Latin pulchellus ( < pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.) + -lus , diminutive suffix: see -ellus suffix) and venustus venust adj. in their scientific Latin uses as specific names or specific epithets. A comparative form beautifuller and superlative form beautifullest are occasionally attested from the 16th cent. onwards, but are now rare and nonstandard.

A. adj.

a. Highly pleasing to the sight; embodying an ideal of physical perfection; possessing exceptional harmony of form or colour. Also in weakened use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective]

smickerc725

faireOE

lieflyOE

sheenOE

wenlichc1000

wlitic1000

lovesomec1175

lustya1240

flourisheda1375

lovelya1400

weenc1400

beauteous1435

beautifulc1443

finec1450

pulchriousa1500

speciousa1513

shanda1525

speciosea1525

pulchrousc1540

bonny1580

beauty1598

lovelike1621

killing1634

florid1642

beautied1830

stunning1849

fairsome1862

pulchritudinous1877

beaut1894

loverly1907

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 367 He [sc. a painter] settiþ þe iije colour into þe parfijt bewteful ournyng.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxiij Paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwardes.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 45 As soone as the beautiful hew of the leaues begin to vade.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlviii. 2 Beautifull for situation, the ioy of the whole earth is mount Sion.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 3 The generall Landscape of the hills seemed to one very beautifull, gently rising and falling, without Rockes or high precipices.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 250 Their earthen ware..is almost as beautiful as the red ware from China.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. v. 368 One of the beautifullest of the whole Parrot-kind.

1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 516 This beautiful shrub is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §12. 90 Below us was the beautiful valley of Chamouni.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 34/2 (advt.) Your linoleum will look more beautiful..if you polish it occasionally with Johnson's Liquid Wax.

1998 S. Waters Tipping Velvet vi. 158 ‘Oh what a beautiful hat!’ said Rhoda. ‘And what a lovely shade of red.’

b. spec. Of a person (now esp. a woman), the face, figure, etc.: possessing attractive harmony of features, figure, or complexion; exceptionally graceful, elegant, or charming in appearance. When used of a man, now usually with connotations of femininity. Cf. handsome adj. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

sheenOE

brightOE

(the) sheenc1275

belc1314

pertc1330

quaintc1330

gaya1350

beau1399

formose14..

clearc1420

beautiful1509

venust1513

venereal1598

rare-beautied?1614

venerial1661

seraphic1765

nymphish1789

hyacinthine1847

bloomful1890

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) lvii. sig. O.ii There is none in the worlde more beautefuller than he.

1592 (?a1425) Chester Plays (BL Add.) (1892) I. 102 Send forth women of thie countrye, namely those that beautifull be, unto thie Enemyes lett them stande nye, as stalles to stand before.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. ii. 362 Lewis, Prince of Tarentum, one of the beautifullest men in the world.

1662 R. Codrington tr. G. Ruggle Ignoramus i. ii. sig. D^v She being now the most beautiful of her sex is courted by many who would be proudly glad to marry her.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 485 The Roman poets, in their descriptions of a beautiful man, so often mentioning the Turn of his Neck and Arms.

1779 F. Burney Let. 15 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 305 Miss Streatfield..is..much more really beautiful..but Fanny Brown is more showy, &..gay.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory iii, in Poems 60 Spirit-thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 340 She is peerlessly beautiful.

1911 G. Page Winding Paths xxx. 285 I suppose Alymer will be there, looking adorably beautiful, and all the women gazing at him.

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 292 Her face had character, but no one would ever think of calling it beautiful.

1993 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 68/1 It freaked me out when people started to notice my looks, because I am not this beautiful woman. I'm pretty, but that's about it.

2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 20/2 She was beautiful—porcelain skin, perfect lips.

c. As a postmodifier, esp. in house beautiful and body beautiful. Originally used for emphasis; now used to imply the obsessive pursuit of an idealized form or vision. In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Christian stays at ‘a very stately Palace..the name whereof was Beautiful’, which is referred to in Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Part (1684) as ‘the House Beautiful’, and hence also by readers of, commentators on, and adapters of Pilgrim's Progress. House beautiful thus became a set phrase in the 18th and 19th cent., in early use alluding or directly referring to Bunyan. Later uses may have been influenced by the interior design magazine House Beautiful, first published in 1896, or by various books of the same title.

ΚΠ

1841 Knickerbocker Dec. 555 From this ‘Delectable Mountain’ and this ‘House Beautiful’ [sc. the estate and mansion of ‘Mr. C—, of Watertown’] we proceeded by fine gravel roads over a succession of similar hills.

1842 W. W. Fyfe in Mrs. Maxwell Renfrewshire Ann. 111 The lady shed tears of joy, and with alacrity took the hand of the knight, and led him to the ‘Garden Beautiful’ below.

1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace II. xx. 306 ‘I must look in at the House Beautiful,’ said Louis.

1880 W. Robinson (title) God's Acre Beautiful or the Cemeteries of the Future.

1883 in O. Wilde Lett. (1962) 151 (title of lecture) The House Beautiful.

1917 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 78/4 Send two cent stamp for ‘The Body Beautiful’ and trial plan today.

1929 Melody Maker Feb. 128 (advt.) The new song-sensation by the writer of ‘Charmaine’. ‘Anita’. ‘The waltz beautiful.’

1985 J. E. Brody Good Food Bk. xv. 229 Forget notions of ‘house beautiful’, and find ways to keep your most-used tools and ingredients as handy as possible.

1992 S. K. Toombs in D. Leder Body in Med. Thought & Pract. iv. 132 This is a culture which glorifies the body beautiful, placing great emphasis on physical fitness, sexuality and youth.

2. Realizing an ideal of intellectual or moral excellence; pleasing to the mind, esp. in being appropriate or well-suited to a particular purpose; highly attractive or admirable in character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective]

beautiful1502

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

ambrosial1598

sublimated1603

excellent1604

valiant1604

fabulous1609

pure1609

starryc1610

topgallant1613

lovely1614

soaringa1616

twanging1616

preclarent1623

primea1637

prestantious1638

splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

jam-up1832

slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

slap1840

tall1840

high-graded1841

awful1843

way up1843

exalting1844

hot1845

ripsnorting1846

clipping1848

stupendous1848

stunning1849

raving1850

shrewd1851

jammy1853

slashing1854

rip-staving1856

ripping1858

screaming1859

up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

marvellous1868

rorty1868

terrific1871

spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

gorgeous1883

nailing1883

stellar1883

gaudy1884

fizzing1885

réussi1885

ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

yum-yum1890

out of sight1891

outasight1893

smooth1893

corking1895

large1895

super1895

hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vi. sig. rr.v^v The seuenth Ioye of the partye of the soule is beautefull of admyracyon in foure maners.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 87 The vnderstanding is beautifull, and the most beautifull of all.

1633 I. M. Funerall Serm. 12 Her birth did not so much honour her, as she it; having in a beautifull body a more beautifull soule.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 19 The Providences of God are wonderfull and beautifull.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. A4^v A Purity of Language, and a beautiful turn of Words, so little understood by Modern Writers.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 60 Another argument..which seems to me very strong and beautiful.

1781 London Mag. Aug. 357/1 The most ingenious and beautiful theories are nothing to me, in comparison of any kind of discovery that can be reduced to practice.

1824 Sporting Mag. 14 165/2 Spring made some beautiful stops [in boxing], left and right.

1876 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life viii. i. 275 A beautiful patience, and resignation.

1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xvi. 226 I'll never forget how beautiful you were to me.

1967 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 11 Feb. 9/2 The beautiful part of it..is that the trade is across the board, not limited to certain big sectors.

2001 N. C. Andreasen Brave New Brain (2004) viii. 201 The two original and beautiful minds of Newton and Einstein.

3. Highly pleasing to the senses generally, or to one sense other than sight, especially to the hearing. Also in weakened use: that one likes very much, pleasant, enjoyable. Relatively rare before the 18th cent.Sometimes overlapping with sense A. 2.to make beautiful music (together): see music n. 9c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [adjective] > pleasing to the aesthetic sense

gentc1300

sweet?a1366

comelyc1400

pretty1442

poetical1447

beautifula1586

concinnous1662

poetic1731

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xii. sig. H3 A voice no lesse beautifull to his eares, then her goodlinesse was full of harmonie to his eyes.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. x. 35 Hee shall cut his Vine in faire and beautifull Weather.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 760/2 If there are notes to that beautiful song, please to find 'em.

1752 Monthly Rev. Mar. 227 Crito, a gentleman, who on a beautiful morning, in summer, leaves the noise and bustle of the town.

1797 Sporting Mag. Jan. 184/2 The beautiful sounds of a french-horn and violin.

1852 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 3 Sept. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) viii. 513 It had been the beautifullest of weather, all day.

1876 C. C. Fraser-Tytler Jonathan l. 350 I've got a bit o' fresh fish for you, to morning; it tastes beautiful, it does.

1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 60 Everybody paid in full—beautiful feelin'.

1959 A. Wesker Roots ii. ii. 53 These bath cubes smell beautiful.

1977 R. Coover Public Burning 373 It was a beautiful day out, lush and warm.

2011 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 38/2 His music is beautiful. Some of it, anyway.

4. In the names of plants and animals considered to be particularly pleasant or attractive in appearance.

ΚΠ

1783 D. Grimwood Catal. Greenhouse Plants 13 [Erinus] venustus... Beautiful Erinus.

1810 Encycl. Londinensis IV. 45/1 Certhia pulchella, or beautiful creeper.

1894 W. Furneaux Butterflies & Moths 286 The Beautiful Carpet belongs to the same genus as Bicolorata.

1913 W. F. Kirby Butterflies & Moths Romance & Reality 122 The Golden Y and the Beautiful Golden Y (Plusia iota and pulchrina) resemble the Gamma Moth, and are often seen in company with it.

1990 S. Feld Sound & Sentiment (ed. 2) i. 31 Muni, the Beautiful Fruitdove, Ptilinopus pulchellus.

2006 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Aug. (A2 section) 47 Beautiful correa (C. pulchella)..is a low, compact shrub from South Australia.

†5. = aesthetic adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > aesthetics > [adjective]

aesthetical1797

aesthetic1812

beautiful1814

1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. Oct. 155 Lady Russel's letters have rather a moral and political than a beautiful value.

B. n.

a. A beautiful person. Chiefly as a term of endearment, (now) esp. for a woman. In early use chiefly with possessive adjective.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1534 Epist. Olde Test. Cantic. ii. in Bible (Tyndale) (new ed.) f. cccxcviii^v My loue, my doue, my bewtifull.

1757 J. Home Douglas v. 71 My beautiful! my brave! how proud was I Of thee, and of thy valour!

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV lviii. 100 Where late he trod, her beautiful, her own.

1908 C. W. Pearson Threefold Cord 242 My beautiful, my beautiful, My tried and true, my own.

1962 J. Ludwig in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 253 ‘My dance, beautiful,’ he said, almost chasing after her.

2011 NBC News Transcripts (Nexis) 4 Nov. Hello, beautiful. How are you?

b. With the and plural agreement. Beautiful people as a class.

ΚΠ

1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. C.iiij^v The man of honour is proude of his promocion,..y^e learned man of his learnynge, the beautiful of theyr beauty.

1591 T. Lodge Famous Life Duke of Normandy f. 36^v Faire Emine apparelled like Iuno in all her pompe, and attended with all the beautifull of Europe.

1613 T. Tuke Disc. Death 51 First or last we must all die. Yea but the beautifull peraduenture may finde better fauour.

1693 Antiq. Reviv'd 40 Nor can it be thought ungrateful to the beautiful of both Sexes, if the excellency of their Features and Proportions accompany them to a future Life.

1721 T. M. Gibbs tr. M. Le Roy de Gomberville Doctr. Morality 28/2 She loves the poor equal with the rich; the deformed as well as the beautiful.

1794 S. T. Coleridge Let. 26 Sept. (1956) I. 109 The young Lady is said to be the most literary of the beautiful, and the most beautiful of the literatae.

1839 Corsair 6 Apr. 58/1 The beautiful are forgiving.

1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 747/2 The beautiful do not always wed with the beautiful.

1962 J. Daniels Devil’s Backbone xv. 214 The beautiful and the rich trembled in that elegant city.

2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Mar. 27/3 The young and the beautiful are not expected to conk out in this way.

2. Chiefly with the. That which is beautiful; beautiful things or qualities collectively. Also: the abstract notion of what constitutes beauty. In 18th- and 19th-cent. aesthetics, often contrasted with the sublime (sublime n. 1b) and the picturesque (picturesque n. 1). The beautiful was associated with harmony and grace, and with that which inspires delight and love.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > qualities constituting

beautya1425

beautiful1561

pulchritude1625

fair1633

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Uv.i^v It may be said that Good and beawtifull be after a sort one selfe thinge, especiallie in the bodies of men.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §22. 157 We may here call sweetness the beautiful of the taste.

1773 J. Richardson tr. C. M. Wieland Hist. Agathon I. ii. vii. 102 He has discovered that I have an inclination for the Beautiful, and am not insensible to the allurements of pleasure.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 47 So you judge! Because I love the beautiful, I must Love pleasure chiefly.

1861 W. Barnes in Macmillan's Mag. June 126/2 The beautiful in nature is the unmarred result of God's first creative or forming will, and..the beautiful in art is the result of an unmistaken working of man in accordance with the beautiful in nature.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1470 The men of the future will define progress as an all-round movement towards the fuller embodiment of the True, the Beautiful, and the Good.

2002 S. H. Nasr Heart of Islam (2004) v. 226 The media often..exaggerate it [sc. an evil in a person's life] to such an extent that the good and the beautiful in that life are completely overshadowed.

C. adv.

= beautifully adv. (in either sense). In later use regional or nonstandard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adverb]

lieflyc900

merelyeOE

fairOE

lovelya1375

featously1377

belliche1394

finelya1400

buttylly1496

lovelilya1500

well-favouredly1528

beautifully1538

beauteously1592

bonnily1595

love-likely1621

bonny1650

beautiful1767

1767 Crit. Rev. Apr. 288 Many ancient Scotch charters very beautiful written, are extant.

1809 W. Gardiner Jrnl. 10 Sept. (1819) 206 Mary Garrigues spoke beautiful in a short communication.

1823 Yorks. Observer 31 May 232/1 Well, I got upon him, and he go beautiful.

1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 223/2 Oh, it was done beautiful—beautiful!

1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison ix. 115 It seemed a shame to casserole it, for it would 'ave roasted beautiful.

1988 W. Russell Shirley Valentine (1989) i. i. 21 She's dressed beautiful, y' know, her mother's really dolled her up.

2000 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. 4 Everything went beautiful... We had a better-than-expected turnout..and it all went well.

Phrases

P1. —— is beautiful [probably after black is beautiful at black adj. and n. Phrases 9] : (with an adjective as grammatical subject) used (esp. in slogans) to assert the beauty or value of having a specified quality, attribute, etc., which is often or traditionally viewed negatively by others. Later also used to state that a specified quality (esp. one regarded as undesirable by the writer or speaker) is generally popular or fashionable.In slogans, frequently used to express pride in personal identity by groups campaigning for political equality or public acceptance.Recorded earliest in big is beautiful at big adj. and adv. Phrases 5.

ΚΠ

1969 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. 54/7 Some of the curlers weighed in at close to 400 pounds... The Shopsowitz rink came as..hippies. On the back of each..was a sign that read: Big is Beautiful.

1969 Observer 27 Apr. 11/3 We'd joke about Fat Power. We'd lift up a clenched fist and say: ‘Fat is beautiful.’

1969 San Francisco Free Press 16 Oct. 8 Revolutionary action is inevitable and necessary. Gay is beautiful.

1975 Washington Post 7 May c7 The concept that gray is beautiful—and that so are wrinkles and retirement—does not come easily.

1976 R. Selzer Mortal Lessons iii. 148 Let your balditude be boldly proclaimed. Bald is beautiful!

1986 R. L. Rubinstein Singular Paths App. 2, 245 Centers..try to counter the social stigma attached to being old through a kind of group-consciousness-raising (an attitude of ‘Old is beautiful’) and an inversion of the popular stereotype of old.

2010 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 10 Jan. 13 We live in an age of unquestioning sycophancy to stars, where bland is beautiful.

P2. the beautiful game: (a name for) association football.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun]

football1863

association1867

soccer1885

footy1900

the beautiful game1977

1977 ‘Pelé’ & R. L. Fish (title) Pelé: my life and the beautiful game. The autobiography of Pelé.

1996 J. King Football Factory (1997) 54 And a lot of people were getting mega-rich from the beautiful game now it was adopting sensible business practices.

2004 Boys Toys July 42/2 What the Euro 2004 footy tournament is really all about is getting a few bevs in, ordering a mass takeaway, and inviting all your mates round to bond over the beautiful game.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic, as beautiful-browed, beautiful-faced, beautiful-minded, etc., adjectives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons > of face

goodOE

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

full of face1609

beautiful-faced1688

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > types of

brentc1400

high?c1450

steep1509

high-browed?1614

broad-fronteda1616

bluff1665

low-browed1734

lofty1798

baby-browed1843

bluff-browed1851

beautiful-browed1913

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iii. 7 High grounds produce wood of a more beautiful-feathered and better graine.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 426/2 Good, or Well Complexioned, is Fair and Beautiful Faced.

1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening v. 179 This last Kind [of sweet briar] makes very beautiful headed Plants.

1778 J. van Rymsdyk & A. van Rymsdyk Museum Britannicum xv. 37 A Beautiful Shaped Earthen Vessel.

1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. ii. xviii. 351 I found some beautiful-featured ewes.

1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 43 A beautiful-minded Berkeley.

1913 J. London Valley of Moon xvii. 482 His face bore out this impression—a beautiful-browed countenance, with large, benevolent gray eyes.

2007 C. Peretti & B. Clark Gawker Guide Conquering all Media 117 Beautiful-bodied plane crash survivors, along with a token fat guy, deserted on a tropical paradise.

C2. Complementary, as beautiful-looking, beautiful-smelling, beautiful-sounding, etc., adjectives.

ΚΠ

1756 Daily Advertiser 30 Mar. (advt.) To be sold, a beautiful-looking Chesnut Gelding.

1757 Hist. Two Mod. Adventurers I. iii. 37 The..most beautiful looking Creatures that in my Life I had ever beheld.

1852 Monthly Packet Dec. 448 Uther Pendragon;..what a beautiful-sounding name it is!

1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. v. 115 He smokes the beautifullest-smelling cigars.

1977 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 6 Apr. 4/2 This beautiful tasting dessert is a budget helper.

2006 Vanity Fair May 98/2 A town filled with beautiful-looking people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	beautiful
释义	beautifuladj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈbjuːtᵻf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈbjudəfəl/ Forms: late Middle English bewteful, late Middle English–1500s bewtefull, late Middle English–1600s beauteful, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s beautefull, 1500s beaultifull, 1500s beaultyfull, 1500s beautyefull, 1500s beawtefull, 1500s beawtyful, 1500s beuteful, 1500s beutefull, 1500s beutyfull, 1500s bewtieful, 1500s bewtiefull, 1500s bewtyfull, 1500s butyful, 1500s–1600s beautieful, 1500s–1600s beautyful, 1500s–1600s beautyfull, 1500s–1600s beawtiful, 1500s–1600s beawtifull, 1500s–1600s beawtyfull, 1500s–1600s beutiful, 1500s–1600s beutifull, 1500s–1600s beutyful, 1500s–1600s bewtifull, 1500s–1600s bewtyful, 1500s–1600s butifull, 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (Lincolnshire)) bewtiful, 1500s–1700s beautifull, 1500s– beautiful, 1600s beautiefull, 1600s butiful, 1600s (1800s U.S. regional) bootefull, 1800s– beauteeful (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– butival (English regional), 1800s– byootiful (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– byutiful (regional and nonstandard), 1900s– be'youtiful (U.S. regional), 1900s– byuteeful (regional and nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: beauty n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < beauty n. + -ful suffix. Compare beauteous adj.In sense A. 4 frequently rendering classical Latin pulchellus ( < pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.) + -lus , diminutive suffix: see -ellus suffix) and venustus venust adj. in their scientific Latin uses as specific names or specific epithets. A comparative form beautifuller and superlative form beautifullest are occasionally attested from the 16th cent. onwards, but are now rare and nonstandard. A. adj. 1. a. Highly pleasing to the sight; embodying an ideal of physical perfection; possessing exceptional harmony of form or colour. Also in weakened use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] smickerc725 faireOE lieflyOE sheenOE wenlichc1000 wlitic1000 lovesomec1175 lustya1240 flourisheda1375 lovelya1400 weenc1400 beauteous1435 beautifulc1443 finec1450 pulchriousa1500 speciousa1513 shanda1525 speciosea1525 pulchrousc1540 bonny1580 beauty1598 lovelike1621 killing1634 florid1642 beautied1830 stunning1849 fairsome1862 pulchritudinous1877 beaut1894 loverly1907 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 367 He [sc. a painter] settiþ þe iije colour into þe parfijt bewteful ournyng. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxiij Paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwardes. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 45 As soone as the beautiful hew of the leaues begin to vade. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlviii. 2 Beautifull for situation, the ioy of the whole earth is mount Sion. View more context for this quotation 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 3 The generall Landscape of the hills seemed to one very beautifull, gently rising and falling, without Rockes or high precipices. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 250 Their earthen ware..is almost as beautiful as the red ware from China. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. v. 368 One of the beautifullest of the whole Parrot-kind. 1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 516 This beautiful shrub is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §12. 90 Below us was the beautiful valley of Chamouni. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 34/2 (advt.) Your linoleum will look more beautiful..if you polish it occasionally with Johnson's Liquid Wax. 1998 S. Waters Tipping Velvet vi. 158 ‘Oh what a beautiful hat!’ said Rhoda. ‘And what a lovely shade of red.’ b. spec. Of a person (now esp. a woman), the face, figure, etc.: possessing attractive harmony of features, figure, or complexion; exceptionally graceful, elegant, or charming in appearance. When used of a man, now usually with connotations of femininity. Cf. handsome adj. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE sheenOE brightOE (the) sheenc1275 belc1314 pertc1330 quaintc1330 gaya1350 beau1399 formose14.. clearc1420 beautiful1509 venust1513 venereal1598 rare-beautied?1614 venerial1661 seraphic1765 nymphish1789 hyacinthine1847 bloomful1890 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) lvii. sig. O.ii There is none in the worlde more beautefuller than he. 1592 (?a1425) Chester Plays (BL Add.) (1892) I. 102 Send forth women of thie countrye, namely those that beautifull be, unto thie Enemyes lett them stande nye, as stalles to stand before. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. ii. 362 Lewis, Prince of Tarentum, one of the beautifullest men in the world. 1662 R. Codrington tr. G. Ruggle Ignoramus i. ii. sig. D^v She being now the most beautiful of her sex is courted by many who would be proudly glad to marry her. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 485 The Roman poets, in their descriptions of a beautiful man, so often mentioning the Turn of his Neck and Arms. 1779 F. Burney Let. 15 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 305 Miss Streatfield..is..much more really beautiful..but Fanny Brown is more showy, &..gay. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory iii, in Poems 60 Spirit-thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 340 She is peerlessly beautiful. 1911 G. Page Winding Paths xxx. 285 I suppose Alymer will be there, looking adorably beautiful, and all the women gazing at him. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 292 Her face had character, but no one would ever think of calling it beautiful. 1993 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 68/1 It freaked me out when people started to notice my looks, because I am not this beautiful woman. I'm pretty, but that's about it. 2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 20/2 She was beautiful—porcelain skin, perfect lips. c. As a postmodifier, esp. in house beautiful and body beautiful. Originally used for emphasis; now used to imply the obsessive pursuit of an idealized form or vision. In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Christian stays at ‘a very stately Palace..the name whereof was Beautiful’, which is referred to in Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Part (1684) as ‘the House Beautiful’, and hence also by readers of, commentators on, and adapters of Pilgrim's Progress. House beautiful thus became a set phrase in the 18th and 19th cent., in early use alluding or directly referring to Bunyan. Later uses may have been influenced by the interior design magazine House Beautiful, first published in 1896, or by various books of the same title. ΚΠ 1841 Knickerbocker Dec. 555 From this ‘Delectable Mountain’ and this ‘House Beautiful’ [sc. the estate and mansion of ‘Mr. C—, of Watertown’] we proceeded by fine gravel roads over a succession of similar hills. 1842 W. W. Fyfe in Mrs. Maxwell Renfrewshire Ann. 111 The lady shed tears of joy, and with alacrity took the hand of the knight, and led him to the ‘Garden Beautiful’ below. 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace II. xx. 306 ‘I must look in at the House Beautiful,’ said Louis. 1880 W. Robinson (title) God's Acre Beautiful or the Cemeteries of the Future. 1883 in O. Wilde Lett. (1962) 151 (title of lecture) The House Beautiful. 1917 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 78/4 Send two cent stamp for ‘The Body Beautiful’ and trial plan today. 1929 Melody Maker Feb. 128 (advt.) The new song-sensation by the writer of ‘Charmaine’. ‘Anita’. ‘The waltz beautiful.’ 1985 J. E. Brody Good Food Bk. xv. 229 Forget notions of ‘house beautiful’, and find ways to keep your most-used tools and ingredients as handy as possible. 1992 S. K. Toombs in D. Leder Body in Med. Thought & Pract. iv. 132 This is a culture which glorifies the body beautiful, placing great emphasis on physical fitness, sexuality and youth. 2. Realizing an ideal of intellectual or moral excellence; pleasing to the mind, esp. in being appropriate or well-suited to a particular purpose; highly attractive or admirable in character. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective] beautiful1502 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vi. sig. rr.v^v The seuenth Ioye of the partye of the soule is beautefull of admyracyon in foure maners. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 87 The vnderstanding is beautifull, and the most beautifull of all. 1633 I. M. Funerall Serm. 12 Her birth did not so much honour her, as she it; having in a beautifull body a more beautifull soule. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 19 The Providences of God are wonderfull and beautifull. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. A4^v A Purity of Language, and a beautiful turn of Words, so little understood by Modern Writers. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 60 Another argument..which seems to me very strong and beautiful. 1781 London Mag. Aug. 357/1 The most ingenious and beautiful theories are nothing to me, in comparison of any kind of discovery that can be reduced to practice. 1824 Sporting Mag. 14 165/2 Spring made some beautiful stops [in boxing], left and right. 1876 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life viii. i. 275 A beautiful patience, and resignation. 1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xvi. 226 I'll never forget how beautiful you were to me. 1967 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 11 Feb. 9/2 The beautiful part of it..is that the trade is across the board, not limited to certain big sectors. 2001 N. C. Andreasen Brave New Brain (2004) viii. 201 The two original and beautiful minds of Newton and Einstein. 3. Highly pleasing to the senses generally, or to one sense other than sight, especially to the hearing. Also in weakened use: that one likes very much, pleasant, enjoyable. Relatively rare before the 18th cent.Sometimes overlapping with sense A. 2.to make beautiful music (together): see music n. 9c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [adjective] > pleasing to the aesthetic sense gentc1300 sweet?a1366 comelyc1400 pretty1442 poetical1447 beautifula1586 concinnous1662 poetic1731 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xii. sig. H3 A voice no lesse beautifull to his eares, then her goodlinesse was full of harmonie to his eyes. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. x. 35 Hee shall cut his Vine in faire and beautifull Weather. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 760/2 If there are notes to that beautiful song, please to find 'em. 1752 Monthly Rev. Mar. 227 Crito, a gentleman, who on a beautiful morning, in summer, leaves the noise and bustle of the town. 1797 Sporting Mag. Jan. 184/2 The beautiful sounds of a french-horn and violin. 1852 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 3 Sept. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) viii. 513 It had been the beautifullest of weather, all day. 1876 C. C. Fraser-Tytler Jonathan l. 350 I've got a bit o' fresh fish for you, to morning; it tastes beautiful, it does. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 60 Everybody paid in full—beautiful feelin'. 1959 A. Wesker Roots ii. ii. 53 These bath cubes smell beautiful. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 373 It was a beautiful day out, lush and warm. 2011 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 38/2 His music is beautiful. Some of it, anyway. 4. In the names of plants and animals considered to be particularly pleasant or attractive in appearance. ΚΠ 1783 D. Grimwood Catal. Greenhouse Plants 13 [Erinus] venustus... Beautiful Erinus. 1810 Encycl. Londinensis IV. 45/1 Certhia pulchella, or beautiful creeper. 1894 W. Furneaux Butterflies & Moths 286 The Beautiful Carpet belongs to the same genus as Bicolorata. 1913 W. F. Kirby Butterflies & Moths Romance & Reality 122 The Golden Y and the Beautiful Golden Y (Plusia iota and pulchrina) resemble the Gamma Moth, and are often seen in company with it. 1990 S. Feld Sound & Sentiment (ed. 2) i. 31 Muni, the Beautiful Fruitdove, Ptilinopus pulchellus. 2006 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Aug. (A2 section) 47 Beautiful correa (C. pulchella)..is a low, compact shrub from South Australia. †5. = aesthetic adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > aesthetics > [adjective] aesthetical1797 aesthetic1812 beautiful1814 1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. Oct. 155 Lady Russel's letters have rather a moral and political than a beautiful value. B. n. 1. a. A beautiful person. Chiefly as a term of endearment, (now) esp. for a woman. In early use chiefly with possessive adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 1534 Epist. Olde Test. Cantic. ii. in Bible (Tyndale) (new ed.) f. cccxcviii^v My loue, my doue, my bewtifull. 1757 J. Home Douglas v. 71 My beautiful! my brave! how proud was I Of thee, and of thy valour! 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV lviii. 100 Where late he trod, her beautiful, her own. 1908 C. W. Pearson Threefold Cord 242 My beautiful, my beautiful, My tried and true, my own. 1962 J. Ludwig in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 253 ‘My dance, beautiful,’ he said, almost chasing after her. 2011 NBC News Transcripts (Nexis) 4 Nov. Hello, beautiful. How are you? b. With the and plural agreement. Beautiful people as a class. ΚΠ 1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. C.iiij^v The man of honour is proude of his promocion,..y^e learned man of his learnynge, the beautiful of theyr beauty. 1591 T. Lodge Famous Life Duke of Normandy f. 36^v Faire Emine apparelled like Iuno in all her pompe, and attended with all the beautifull of Europe. 1613 T. Tuke Disc. Death 51 First or last we must all die. Yea but the beautifull peraduenture may finde better fauour. 1693 Antiq. Reviv'd 40 Nor can it be thought ungrateful to the beautiful of both Sexes, if the excellency of their Features and Proportions accompany them to a future Life. 1721 T. M. Gibbs tr. M. Le Roy de Gomberville Doctr. Morality 28/2 She loves the poor equal with the rich; the deformed as well as the beautiful. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Let. 26 Sept. (1956) I. 109 The young Lady is said to be the most literary of the beautiful, and the most beautiful of the literatae. 1839 Corsair 6 Apr. 58/1 The beautiful are forgiving. 1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 747/2 The beautiful do not always wed with the beautiful. 1962 J. Daniels Devil’s Backbone xv. 214 The beautiful and the rich trembled in that elegant city. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Mar. 27/3 The young and the beautiful are not expected to conk out in this way. 2. Chiefly with the. That which is beautiful; beautiful things or qualities collectively. Also: the abstract notion of what constitutes beauty. In 18th- and 19th-cent. aesthetics, often contrasted with the sublime (sublime n. 1b) and the picturesque (picturesque n. 1). The beautiful was associated with harmony and grace, and with that which inspires delight and love. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > qualities constituting beautya1425 beautiful1561 pulchritude1625 fair1633 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Uv.i^v It may be said that Good and beawtifull be after a sort one selfe thinge, especiallie in the bodies of men. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §22. 157 We may here call sweetness the beautiful of the taste. 1773 J. Richardson tr. C. M. Wieland Hist. Agathon I. ii. vii. 102 He has discovered that I have an inclination for the Beautiful, and am not insensible to the allurements of pleasure. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 47 So you judge! Because I love the beautiful, I must Love pleasure chiefly. 1861 W. Barnes in Macmillan's Mag. June 126/2 The beautiful in nature is the unmarred result of God's first creative or forming will, and..the beautiful in art is the result of an unmistaken working of man in accordance with the beautiful in nature. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1470 The men of the future will define progress as an all-round movement towards the fuller embodiment of the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. 2002 S. H. Nasr Heart of Islam (2004) v. 226 The media often..exaggerate it [sc. an evil in a person's life] to such an extent that the good and the beautiful in that life are completely overshadowed. C. adv. = beautifully adv. (in either sense). In later use regional or nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adverb] lieflyc900 merelyeOE fairOE lovelya1375 featously1377 belliche1394 finelya1400 buttylly1496 lovelilya1500 well-favouredly1528 beautifully1538 beauteously1592 bonnily1595 love-likely1621 bonny1650 beautiful1767 1767 Crit. Rev. Apr. 288 Many ancient Scotch charters very beautiful written, are extant. 1809 W. Gardiner Jrnl. 10 Sept. (1819) 206 Mary Garrigues spoke beautiful in a short communication. 1823 Yorks. Observer 31 May 232/1 Well, I got upon him, and he go beautiful. 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 223/2 Oh, it was done beautiful—beautiful! 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison ix. 115 It seemed a shame to casserole it, for it would 'ave roasted beautiful. 1988 W. Russell Shirley Valentine (1989) i. i. 21 She's dressed beautiful, y' know, her mother's really dolled her up. 2000 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. 4 Everything went beautiful... We had a better-than-expected turnout..and it all went well. Phrases P1. —— is beautiful [probably after black is beautiful at black adj. and n. Phrases 9] : (with an adjective as grammatical subject) used (esp. in slogans) to assert the beauty or value of having a specified quality, attribute, etc., which is often or traditionally viewed negatively by others. Later also used to state that a specified quality (esp. one regarded as undesirable by the writer or speaker) is generally popular or fashionable.In slogans, frequently used to express pride in personal identity by groups campaigning for political equality or public acceptance.Recorded earliest in big is beautiful at big adj. and adv. Phrases 5. ΚΠ 1969 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. 54/7 Some of the curlers weighed in at close to 400 pounds... The Shopsowitz rink came as..hippies. On the back of each..was a sign that read: Big is Beautiful. 1969 Observer 27 Apr. 11/3 We'd joke about Fat Power. We'd lift up a clenched fist and say: ‘Fat is beautiful.’ 1969 San Francisco Free Press 16 Oct. 8 Revolutionary action is inevitable and necessary. Gay is beautiful. 1975 Washington Post 7 May c7 The concept that gray is beautiful—and that so are wrinkles and retirement—does not come easily. 1976 R. Selzer Mortal Lessons iii. 148 Let your balditude be boldly proclaimed. Bald is beautiful! 1986 R. L. Rubinstein Singular Paths App. 2, 245 Centers..try to counter the social stigma attached to being old through a kind of group-consciousness-raising (an attitude of ‘Old is beautiful’) and an inversion of the popular stereotype of old. 2010 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 10 Jan. 13 We live in an age of unquestioning sycophancy to stars, where bland is beautiful. P2. the beautiful game: (a name for) association football. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] football1863 association1867 soccer1885 footy1900 the beautiful game1977 1977 ‘Pelé’ & R. L. Fish (title) Pelé: my life and the beautiful game. The autobiography of Pelé. 1996 J. King Football Factory (1997) 54 And a lot of people were getting mega-rich from the beautiful game now it was adopting sensible business practices. 2004 Boys Toys July 42/2 What the Euro 2004 footy tournament is really all about is getting a few bevs in, ordering a mass takeaway, and inviting all your mates round to bond over the beautiful game. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic, as beautiful-browed, beautiful-faced, beautiful-minded, etc., adjectives. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] > specifically of persons > of face goodOE fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 full of face1609 beautiful-faced1688 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > types of brentc1400 high?c1450 steep1509 high-browed?1614 broad-fronteda1616 bluff1665 low-browed1734 lofty1798 baby-browed1843 bluff-browed1851 beautiful-browed1913 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iii. 7 High grounds produce wood of a more beautiful-feathered and better graine. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 426/2 Good, or Well Complexioned, is Fair and Beautiful Faced. 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening v. 179 This last Kind [of sweet briar] makes very beautiful headed Plants. 1778 J. van Rymsdyk & A. van Rymsdyk Museum Britannicum xv. 37 A Beautiful Shaped Earthen Vessel. 1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. ii. xviii. 351 I found some beautiful-featured ewes. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 43 A beautiful-minded Berkeley. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon xvii. 482 His face bore out this impression—a beautiful-browed countenance, with large, benevolent gray eyes. 2007 C. Peretti & B. Clark Gawker Guide Conquering all Media 117 Beautiful-bodied plane crash survivors, along with a token fat guy, deserted on a tropical paradise. C2. Complementary, as beautiful-looking, beautiful-smelling, beautiful-sounding, etc., adjectives. ΚΠ 1756 Daily Advertiser 30 Mar. (advt.) To be sold, a beautiful-looking Chesnut Gelding. 1757 Hist. Two Mod. Adventurers I. iii. 37 The..most beautiful looking Creatures that in my Life I had ever beheld. 1852 Monthly Packet Dec. 448 Uther Pendragon;..what a beautiful-sounding name it is! 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. v. 115 He smokes the beautifullest-smelling cigars. 1977 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 6 Apr. 4/2 This beautiful tasting dessert is a budget helper. 2006 Vanity Fair May 98/2 A town filled with beautiful-looking people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.adv.c1443
随便看	piman pimaric pimaric acid pimas pimble stone pime pimelate pimelea pimelic pimelic acid pimelite pimelode pimelodid pimelodine piment pimentary pimento pimento berry pimento cheese pimento dram pimento olive pimento red pimento tree pimento walk pimento water