† venustyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Elegance of form; 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
1559 W. Barker Nobility of Women (1904) 105 Nature hathe..geven hym [sc. man] a bewtye—it is called maiestye, or venustie,..—wch passethe all other bewtye.
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