beauteous
/ˈbjuːtɪəs/
beauteous adjective: beautiful.
Adjective
beauteous (comparative more beauteous, superlative most beauteous)
- beautiful.
- VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day,
And make me trauaile forth without my cloake,
To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way,
Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC - O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there heere? / How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day,
Forms of beauteous
| comparative | more beauteous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most beauteous |
Origin of beauteous
From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.
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Words that rhyme with beauteous
Questions about beauteous
- What does beauteous mean?
- Beauteous means beautiful.
- What part of speech is beauteous?
- Beauteous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce beauteous?
- Beauteous is pronounced /ˈbjuːtɪəs/ (UK).
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