beautiful
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- Regno Unito//ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl//
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Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
aggettivo
- 1
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
There's a beautiful lake by the town.
[A]s amongſt the Moores, the Iettieſt blacke are deem'd / The beautifulſt of them; […]
“Is Olga de Coude very beautiful?” she asked. And Tarzan laughed and kissed her again. “Not one-tenth so beautiful as you, dear,” he said.
- 2
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
the house beautiful
- 3
That one likes very much.
He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
You've done a beautiful thing today.
- 4
Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
Beethoven's most beautiful sonata
It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.
These carnations smell beautiful but those daffodils smell funny.
- 5
Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
The skater performed a beautiful axel.
Etimologia
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).
sostantivo
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Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.
Hey, beautiful!
Forme
- plurale
- beautifuls
- comparativo
- more beautiful
- superlativo
- most beautiful
beautiful · Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
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