beauties

nounphysical attractiveness
noungood-looking person
nounadvantage

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Word Origin & History

early 14c., "physical attractiveness," also "goodness, courtesy," from Anglo-French beute, Old French biauté "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person" (12c., Modern French beauté), earlier beltet, from Vulgar Latin bellitatem (nominative bellitas) "state of being handsome," from Latin bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical Latin used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-en-elo-, diminutive of root *deu- "to do, perform, show favor, revere" (see bene-). Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness."

Replaced Old English wlite. Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded late 14c. Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850. Beauty spot is from 1650s. Beauty parlor is from 1894.

Beauté du diable (literally "devil's beauty") is used as a French phrase in English from 1825.

Example Sentences forbeauties

I will attempt no description of the beauties that met them at every turn.

What is there that I can do with all the beauties of my parlors?

Comrade Ossipon was familiar with the beauties of its journalistic style.

And so this wench is to stock the parish with beauties, I hope.

They loved the beauties of nature, and had a keen sense for discovering them.

Their admiration of the beauties of nature had brought them together.

She isn't beautiful, but it's not only the beauties who marry!

Our actresses are the exact counterpart of those passionate French beauties.

It was across the valley from us, so we had a good view of its beauties.

Her beauties were ripened, and her attractions spread themselves in the face of day.