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beauty
What does beauty mean?
beauty (noun): the qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce beauty?
/ˈbjuti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does beauty come from?
From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to beauty
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “beauty” mean?
the result of launching a projectile or bullet
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a specialized division of a large organization
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mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning
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the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
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