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As a noun beauty

is the property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.

As an interjection beauty

is (canada) thanks! cool!.

As an adverb beauty

is (canada) of high quality, well done.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

beauty

English

(wikipedia beauty)

Noun

  • The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  • * 1988', "… '''beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -''Second Son , Robert Ferro
  • Someone who is beautiful.
    • Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty .
  • Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
    • That phrasing is a beauty .
    What a goal, what a beauty .
  • An excellent or egregious example of something.
  • (with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius
    • ''The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
  • (particle, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
  • Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
  • (obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "beauty": natural, great, real, physical, exotic, inner, spiritual, strange, divine, visual, heavenly, intellectual, facial, attractive, sensuous, sensual, seductive, musical, austere, alluring, mathematical, geometric, astounding, bodily, pictorial.

    Synonyms

    * gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness * (someone who is beautiful) belle, looker * (something pleasing) gem, jewel * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness

    Derived terms

    * age before beauty * bathing beauty * beaut * beauteous * beautician * beautifiable * beautification * beautifier * beautiful * beautifully * beautifulness * beautify * beautiless * beauty consultant * beauty contest * beauty is in the eye of the beholder * beauty is only skin deep * beauty mark * beauty pageant * beauty parlor * beauty quark * beauty salon * beauty school * beauty shop * beauty sleep * beauty spot * beauty strip * beautyberry * beautybush * beautydom * beautyhood * beautyship * California beauty * Camberwell beauty * line of beauty * meadow beauty * painted beauty * raw beauty * Rome beauty * Rutland beauty * Sleeping Beauty * spring beauty

    See also

    * usefulness

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Canada) Thanks! Cool!
    • It's the long weekend. Beauty !

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (Canada) Of high quality, well done.
    • He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

    Statistics

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    External links

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    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----