beauteous
BeautifulBeautiful.
» This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
Des Sommers warmer Hauch kann diese Knospe der Liebe wohl zur schönen Blum’ entfalten, bis wir das nächste Mal uns wiedersehn.
Meaning
1 senses(formal, literary, poetic)Beautiful.
(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight
Examples
2 sentencesThis bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
deDes Sommers warmer Hauch kann diese Knospe der Liebe wohl zur schönen Blum’ entfalten, bis wir das nächste Mal uns wiedersehn.
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!
ruКак прекрасно человечество! О дивный новый мир, где есть такие люди!
deWie schön ist die Menschheit! Oh, schöne neue Welt, mit solchen Leuten!
Origin
From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvoFrom Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.
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Forms
more beauteous, most beauteous| Comparative | more beauteous Lesson |
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| Superlative | most beauteous Lesson |
regular
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form