beautydomn.
/ˈbjuːtɪdəm/, U.S. /ˈbjudidəm/ Now rare.
The realm of beautiful people (esp. women); beautiful people collectively. Also: the state or condition of being beautiful. In quot. 1867 representing the confused speech of someone who is almost asleep.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > collectively
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > condition of
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1867 Boy's Own Mag. Feb. 89 He replied in a confused, dream-like way, that in attempting to ‘win the Queencess of—Beautydom there must, of course, be hinderment’.
1871 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 308 If one of the King's officers can carry back to Germany as his bride the Fräulein Fleur de Lys, he will have made his Majesty present of as fair a subject as any in all beautydom.
1891 St. Louis (Missouri) Republic 15 Dec. 7/2 The last Ascot group had Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Cornwallis West, then in the heyday of their social success and professional beautydom.
1978 L. Kramer Faggots 279 The poor boy had been through trauma and this launching to empyrean Beautydom might be warping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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