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beau ideal

beau ideal is the nonstandard spelling of beau idéal.

Meaning of beau idéal

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 ideal

pluralbeaux ideals

Questions about beau ideal

What is beau ideal the nonstandard spelling of?
Beau ideal is the nonstandard spelling of beau idéal.

Words near beau ideal in the dictionary

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

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