Beau·ty n.; pl. Beauties
1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. --Locke.
The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. --Wordsworth.
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.
2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak.
4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. --Jer. Taylor.
Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
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