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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beauty \Beau"ty\ (b[=u]"t[y^]), noun; pl. {Beauties} (b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e], Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.]
1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic 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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