Added 2 October 2026
beauty
/ˈbjuːti/ noun
In Latin: pulchritūdō, formōsitās Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about beauty at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
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Someone who is beautiful.
Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.
- Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.
adjective
verb
- To make beautiful.
Origin
From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness.
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