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jane | beautiful |

As a verb jane

is .

As an adjective beautiful is

attractive and possessing charm.

jane

English

Alternative forms

* Jayne, Jaine

Proper noun

(s)
  • ; the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
  • * 1605 William Camden: Remains Concerning Britain . John Russell Smith, 1870. p.103-104:
    • In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane', as it may seem, for that ' Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.
  • * 1830 , Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • People will please their fancies, and every lady has favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. Jane', that queenly name! '''Jane''' Seymour, '''Jane''' Grey, 'the noble ' Jane de Montford;' - - -
  • * 1912 (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope :
    • "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane ; they soon get used to it."
    "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."
  • derived from a (etyl) variant of John.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    (variants and pet forms) * Jan * Janelle * Janet * Janice * Janie * Janine * Janis * Jean * Jeanette * Jeanne * Jeannette * Jenna * Jennie * Jenny * Jessie * Jo * Joan * Joann * Joanna * Jodi * Jodie * Jody * Johanna * Juanita

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman, often specifically a girlfriend
    • What happened to your regular Jane ?

    Alternative forms

    * jane

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    beautiful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attractive and possessing charm.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
  • Well executed.
  • (as a pro-sentence ) How beautiful that is!
    • (referring to an athlete catching a ball)
  • (as a pro-sentence; ironic ) How unfortunate that is!

    • Usage notes

    The comparatives beautifuler' and '''beautifuller''', and the superlatives '''beautifulest''' and ' beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are considered dated or obsolete.

    Synonyms

    * (possessing charm and attractive) beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang) * (of the weather) clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny * (well executed) excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful * great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as'' bloody, damned ''or just) * See also

    Antonyms

    * (possessing charm and attractive) grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful * (of the weather) bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet * (well executed) average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak

    Derived terms

    * beautiful armadillo * beautiful game * beautiful people * beautifully * beautifulness

    Related terms

    * beauty ** See also

    Statistics

    * English words suffixed with -ful 1000 English basic words