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beau idéal

/ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/

beau idéal noun: ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection.

Noun

beau idéal (plural beaux idéals)

  1. Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection.
    • I never knew any debatable point not maintained on both sides by unanswerable arguments; and yet you are angry that he has not thrown every advantage aside to enact your beau-idéal of patriotic excellence.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 312
  2. An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.

Forms of beau idéal

pluralbeaux idéals

Origin of beau idéal

Borrowed from French beau idéal.

Questions about beau idéal

What does beau idéal mean?
Beau idéal means ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection.
What part of speech is beau idéal?
Beau idéal is a noun.
How do you pronounce beau idéal?
Beau idéal is pronounced /ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/.
What is the plural of beau idéal?
The plural of beau idéal is beaux idéals.

Words near beau idéal in the dictionary

  1. Beatys
  2. beau
  3. beau geste
  4. beau gestes
  5. beau ideal
  6. beau idéal
  7. beau joueur
  8. beau monde
  9. beau monde seasoning
  10. beau sabreur
  11. Beau's lines

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