beauty

n.; pl. Beauties [ OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, “multitude in unity;” and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the admired beauties of Verona. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]