Beauteous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbjuːtɪəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Beauteous is an adjective meaning (literary, formal or poetic) beautiful.
Meaning
(literary, formal or poetic) beautiful.
Example Sentences
O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there heere? / How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't.
VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, And make me trauaile forth without my cloake, To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way, Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.
Let Prudence yet obſtruct thy venturous way; / And take good heed, what men will think and ſay: / That beauteous Emma vagrant courſes took; / Her father's houſe and civil life forſook; / That, full of youthful blood, and fond of man; / She to the wood-land with an exile ran.
Synonyms for beauteous
Depending on context, synonyms include beautiful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beautiful, poetic, beautied, beautimous, beaut, beautisome.
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