1. Éclat.
2. Charme.
3. Magnificence. Beauté d'une ville.
4. Belle femme.
5. Pin-up. Une jeune beauté.
ETYM Old Eng. beaute, beute, Old Fren. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, French beauté, from an assumed Late Lat. bellitas, from Latin bellus pretty. Related to Beau.
1. An outstanding example of its kind; SYN. beaut.<br />
2. The qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
The property of, or combination of qualities in, objects or people giving rise to pleasure or delight. The branch of philosophy that deals with beauty is esthetics.
There are various philosophical theories about beauty. It may stand for a felt or intuited quality, or for a causal property evoking a special reaction in us, or even for the expression of nonpossessive love.
The quality of being good looking and attractive; SYN. fairness, loveliness, beauteousness.
(Alternate spelling: glamour).
Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal); SYN. glamour.
ETYM Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma; or Icel. glâm-syni weakness of sight, glamour; glâmr name of the moon, also of a ghost + syni sight, akin to Eng. see.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for glamor.
ETYM From Lovely.
The state or quality of being lovely.