beautyhoodn.
/ˈbjuːtɪhʊd/, U.S. /ˈbjudiˌhʊd/ 1. The state of being beautiful; (also) the time of life during which one is beautiful; beauty.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun]
wlitec825
faireOE
fairnessOE
fairlecc1225
fairheadc1300
fairshipc1300
forma1382
clearnessa1400
beautyc1405
delicacya1450
pulchritudea1460
speciositya1470
lovelinessa1500
beautifulnessc1500
formosityc1500
fairhood?1503
bewtynes?c1510
decorea1513
venusty1559
decorum1604
bellitude1623
beauteousnessa1631
loveliheada1637
decor1656
luculency1656
Venus1657
coquetry1794
beautyhood1832
glamour1840
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > stage of greatest beauty
blossoma1250
bloomc1400
flower1609
blow1753
beautyhood1832
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > condition of
beautydom1867
beautyhood1914
1832 Calcutta Mag. June 338 The beautihood Of gentle hopes and pleasant thoughts.
1833 Court Mag. Aug. 63/1 One of those amiable ladies, who..was kind enough to spend the rest of her beautihood in endeavouring to prevent young men falling into any similar error.
1898 Harper's Mag. Apr. 726/1 The palmy days of her scornful beautyhood.
1914 W. Malone Hernando de Soto 387 She in maiden beautihood and grace Outvied the loveliest myrtle in its bloom.
2008 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Features section) 12 I accept that the likes of Megan Fox..and the cheerleader from Heroes deserve their places on the list. As a connoisseur of beauty-hood it would look remiss of me not to.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman > collectively
beauty1611
beautydom1867
beautyhood1889
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn xvi. 263 Initiation into the Fashionable Beauty-hood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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