beauteous

English

Etymology

From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty +‎ -ous and/or beauty +‎ -eous.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbjuːtɪəs/, /ˈbjuːtʃəs/
  • Rhymes: -uːtiəs

Adjective

beauteous (comparative more beauteous, superlative most beauteous)

  1. (archaic) beautiful
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 34", The Sonnets
      Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day
      And make me travel forth without my cloak,
      To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
      Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?
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