Beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome. In later use only of persons.
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释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] (66) smickerc725 Beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome. In later use only of persons. faireOE Beautiful to the eye; of attractive appearance; good-looking. Cf. foul, adj. 7a. Now somewhat archaic… Of a person, or a person's face, figure… lieflyOE Lovable, lovely, delightful, beautiful, pleasant, dear, glad. Applied both to persons and things. sheenOE Beautiful. Of animals, inanimate objects, places, etc. wenlichc1000 Beautiful. wlitic1000 beautiful. lovesomec1175 Inspiring love on account of beauty; lovely, beautiful. lustya1240 Pleasing, pleasant. Obsolete. Pleasing in appearance; beautiful. Obsolete. flourisheda1375 Adorned with flowers or verdure; figurative adorned with charms or virtues. Obsolete. lovelya1400 Lovable or attractive on account of beauty. Of a thing: beautiful; pleasing to the senses. weenc1400 Beautiful. beauteous1435 Highly pleasing to the senses, esp. the sight; beautiful; (also, in recent use) sensuously alluring, voluptuous. Chiefly literary. beautifulc1443 Highly pleasing to the sight; embodying an ideal of physical perfection; possessing exceptional harmony of form or colour. Also in weakened use. finec1450 Of a person or thing: remarkably attractive; good-looking. Now somewhat dated, except U.S. slang (originally and chiefly African-American), of a… pulchriousa1500 = pulchrous, adj. speciousa1513 Fair or pleasing to the eye or sight; beautiful, handsome, lovely; resplendent with beauty. ? Obsolete. Of flowers, birds or their feathers, etc. In… shanda1525 ? Beautiful, handsome. speciosea1525 Beautiful, lovely. In quot. 1525 absol. pulchrousc1540 Beauteous, fair. bonny1580 Of an object: attractive; beautiful or handsome; esp. (of a place) characterized by attractive landscape or architecture; scenic, pretty (used… beauty1598 Beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight. Chiefly in the superlative. In later use regional or nonstandard. lovelike1621 = lovely, adj. Obsolete. killing1634 In hyperbolic use: Able to kill. Overpoweringly beautiful or attractive. florid1642 Of blooming appearance; strikingly beautiful or attractive; brilliant. Of colour: Bright, resplendent. Obsolete. beautied1830 As the second element of compounds: having beauty of a specified kind or amount, as little-beautied, rare-beautied, etc. stunning1849 colloquial. Excellent, first-rate, ‘splendid’, delightful; extremely attractive or good-looking. fairsome1862 Beautiful, attractive. pulchritudinous1877 Originally U.S. (chiefly literary and humorous). Esp. of a woman: beautiful, attractive. beaut1894 Beautiful; (also) excellent, impressive, admirable. Also ironic. loverly1907 = lovely, adj. Subcategories:— specifically of persons (26) — very or divinely beautiful (6) — beautiful in specific way (2) — specific beautiful attribute (2) |
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