beauteous

(byū'tē-əs)
adj.
Beautiful, especially to the sight.

beauteously beau'te·ous·ly adv.
beauteousness beau'te·ous·ness n.

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is a literary and chiefly poetical word for beautiful, used memorably by Wordsworth (It is a beauteous evening, calm and free) and madly by Ophelia in Hamlet: Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark?.

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adjective

Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots bonny. Idioms: easy on the eyes. See beautiful/ugly.

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• Beautiful, attractive, or well-formed

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See words rhyming with "beauteous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - smuk

Nederlands (Dutch)
beeldschoon, mooi

Français (French)
adj. - sublime, beau, superbe, splendide, magnifique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hübsch, schön

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - όμορφος, περικαλλής

Italiano (Italian)
bello

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - belo

Русский (Russian)
прекрасный, превосходный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bonito, hermoso, bello

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skön, fager

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
美丽的, 美妙的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 美麗的, 美妙的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아름다운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 美しい, 麗しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جميل, رائع الحسن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יפהפה‬

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