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beaux idéals

beaux idéals is the plural 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.

Questions about beaux idéals

What is beaux idéals the plural of?
Beaux idéals is the plural of beau idéal.

Words near beaux idéals in the dictionary

  1. beauwalloside
  2. beaux
  3. beaux arts
  4. beaux esprits
  5. beaux gestes
  6. beaux idéals
  7. beaux joueurs
  8. beaux mondes
  9. beaux sabreurs
  10. beaux-arts
  11. beauxite

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