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Definition: Beauteous |
BeauteousAdjective1. Poetic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beauteous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Adjective: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive; (inviting); delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical; (regular); harmonious; (color); sightly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Beauteous |
| English words defined with "beauteous": To fall down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "beauteous": Daisy-roots. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Beauteous (2002) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Hesiod | They once taught Hesiod beauteous song, when he was shepherding his sheep below holy Helicon. |
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| "Beauteous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Beauteous" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
beauteous evening it | 4 |
beauteous | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "beauteous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i këndshëm (agreeable, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), i bukur (airy fairy, beautified, beautiful, bonny, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, pinup, pleasant, pretty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جميل (beaut, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favor, favour, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | красив (beautiful, fair, good looking, goodly, handsome, personable, well favored, well-favoured), прекрасен (admirable, adorable, delectable, excellent, lovely, marvellous, marvelous, noble, splendid), прелестен (adorable, beautiful, charming, delightsome, dreamy, exquisite, fetching, lovely, sweet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | překrásný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قشنگ (Beautiful, Cheesy, Pert, Pretty, Spruce, Sprucy), زیبا (Beautiful, Chic, Cute, Dinky, Handsome, Picturesque, Pulchritudinous, Scrumptious, Spiffy, Stylish, Yummy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | beau (beautiful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wunderschön (beautiful, fair and beautiful, lovely, wonderful), prachtvoll (gorgeous, grand, magnificent, magnificently, nobly, splendid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περικαλλήσ, ωραίοσ (attractive, beautiful, fair, fancy, fine, handsome, lovely, nice, peach, pulchritudinous, rot, winsome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יפ"פ" (lovely, pretty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szépséges (fair), gyönyörű (beautiful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bello poetico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bwoyagh (attractive, beautiful, comely, handsome, lovely, pretty), bwaagh (beautiful, comely, handsome, lovely, pretty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eauteousbay belo (beautiful, fine, gallant, good looking, handsome, lovely, sightly). (various references) красивый (beautiful, bonny, dishy, fine, flavorful, gallant, good looking, good-looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, personable, pulchritudinous, sightly, well favored, well-favoured), прекрасный (beautiful, fine, gallant, glorious, jim-dandy, nailing, noble, prize, tops). (various references) muinnte , munnda. (various references) lep (beautiful, bonny, dreamy, fair, fine, goodly, handsome, nice, pretty, scenic, scenical). (various references) bonito (affable, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovely, lustrous, nice, pretty), bello (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, nice, pretty), hermoso (beautiful, bonny, chic, dashing, fair, fine, good looking, goodly, handsome, lovely). (various references) fager (fair, fine, good looking, good-looking). (various references) güzel (appealing, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, Belle, bonny, comely, fair, fine, goluptious, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, nifty, personable, pleasant, plummy, prettily, pretty, pulchritudinous, sapid, shapely, sightly, smart, swell, the beautiful, well, well favored, well-favoured, winsome). (various references) красивий (beautiful, clever, nice-looking, seemly), вродлива, прекрасний (admirable, adorable, ambrosial, capital, delectable, delicious, fine, out of this world, something like, splendid, splendiferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beauteous": beauteously, beauteousness, beauteousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Beauteous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beautous, Bouteloua. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "beauteous" (pronounced 'Beau"te*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous, Adipocerous, Adipogenous, Adipous, Adipsous, Adjectitious, Adoptious, Adscititious, Adulterous, Aduncous, Advantageous, Adventitious, Adventurous, Adversarious, Aeneous, Aeriferous, AEruginous, AEstuous, Aetheogamous, Affabrous, Affectuous, Agalactous, Agamous, Agatiferous, Agynous, Alacrious, Albugineous, Albuminiferous, Albuminiparous, Alburnous, Algous, Aliferous, Aligerous, Alimonious, Alkalious, Alliaceous, Allochroous, Allogamous, Allogeneous, Allomerous, Allonymous, Alluvious, Altisonous, Aluminiferous, Aluminous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amatorious, Ambaginous, Ambagious, Ambidextrous, Ambigenous, Ambiguous, Ambilevous, Ambiparous, Ambitious, Amentaceous, Amentiferous, Ammonitiferous, Amnigenous, Amoebous, Amorous, Amorphous, Amphibious, Amphibolous, Amphigamous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Amphipodous, Amphistomous, Ampullaceous, Amurcous, Amyelous, Amygdalaceous, Amygdaliferous, Amylaceous, Amyous, Anacanthous, Anacardiaceous, Anachronous, Anadromous, Analogous, Anandrous, Anantherous, Ananthous, Anarthropodous, Anarthrous, Anasarcous, Anatiferous, Androcephalous, Andropetalous, Androphagous, Androtomous, androus, Anemorphilous, Anenterous, Anfractuous, Angiocarpous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermatous, Angiospermous, Angiosporous, Angiostomous, Anguineous, Angulous, Anhelous, Anhistous, Anhydrous, Anisodactylous, Anisomerous, Anisopetalous, Anisophyllous, Anisostemonous, Anisotropous, Annelidous, Annotinous, Annoyous, Anodynous, Anomaloflorous, Anomalous, Anomophyllous, Anonaceous, Anonymous, Anserous, Antecedaneous, Antenniferous, Antheriferous, Antherogenous, Anthocarpous, Anthophagous, Anthophilous, Anthophorous, Anthraciferous, Anthropomorphous, Anthropophagous, Antibillous, Anticontagious, Anticous, Antidromous, Antilogous, Antimonious, Antipathous, Antipetalous, Antisepalous, Antistrumous, Antitypous, Antivariolous, Anurous, Anxious, Apellous, Apetalous, Aphanipterous, Aphidivorous, Aphidophagous, Aphthous, Aphyllous, Apiaceous, Apocarpous, Apodous, Apostematous, Aproctous, Apterous, Apyrous, Aqueous, Aquiferous, Aquiparous, Araceous, Araneous, Arbitrarious, Arboreous, Arborous, Archaeostomatous, Arduous, Ardurous, Arenaceous, Arenarious, Arenulous, Argentiferous, Argentous, Argillaceous, Argilliferous, Argillo-calcareous, Argillous, Armiferous, Armigerous, Aromatous, Arrenotokous, Arreptitious, Arseniferous, Arsenious, Artificious, Artiodactylous, Arundiferous, Arundinaceous, Arundineous, Asbestous, Ascigerous, Ascititious, Asclepiadaceous, Ascriptitious, Asomatous, Asparaginous, Aspermatous, Aspermous, Asperous, Assassinous, Assiduous, Astriferous, Astucious, Asymmetrous, asynchronous, Athalamous, Atheous, Athermanous, Athermous, Atheromatous, Atokous, Atrabilious, Atramentaceous, Atramentarious, Atrocious, Atropous, Atrous, Attiguous, Audacious, Augurous, Auntrous, Aurantiaceous, Aurichalceous, Auriferous, Aurivorous, Aurocephalous, Aurous, Auspicious, Autocephalous, Autoecious, Autogamous, Automatous, Autonomous, Avaricious, Avarous, Avenaceous, Avenious, Avidious, Azotous, Azureous, Azygous, Azymous, Bacciferous, Baccivorous, Balaniferous, Balsamiferous, Balsamous, Barbarous, Barbigerous, Barratrous, Basylous, Batrachophagous, Battailous, Bellicous, benevolous, Biangulous, Biantheriferous, Bibacious, Bibulous, Bicephalous, Bicipitous, Bifarious, Biferous, Biforous, Bifurcous, Bigamous, Bignoniaceous, Bijugous, Biliferous, Bilinguous, Bilious, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Biparous, Bipetalous, Biramous, Bisexous, Bisexuous, Bismuthiferous, Bismuthous, Bisulcous, Bituminiferous, Bituminous, Bivalvous, Bivious, Blasphemous, Blastocarpous, Blendous, Blennogenous, Blusterous, Blustrous, Boisterous, Boistous, Bombycinous, Bombylious, Boracous, Boraginaceous, Boragineous, Bounteous, Brachypterous, Brachytypous, Branchiferous, Branchiostegous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Brumous, Bulbaceous, Bulbiferous, Bulbous, Bumptious, Burdenous, Burglarious, Butyraceous, Butyrous, Buxeous, Byssaceous, Byssiferous, Cactaceous, Cadaverous, Caducous, Caesious, Calamiferous, Calamitous, Calcareo-siliceous, Calcareous, Calcariferous, Calciferous, Calcigenous, Calcigerous, Calcivorous, Calculous, Caliginous, Callous, Calumnious, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Campylospermous, Campylotropous, Cancellous, Cankerous, Canorous, Cantankerous, Capacious. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-o-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: autobus. | |
-3 letters: ausubo, beauts, buteos, obtuse, outsee. | |
-4 letters: abets, about, abuse, abuts, autos, baste, bates, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, beets, beset, besot, betas, boast, boats, botas, bouse, bouts, buteo, butes, obese, sabot, saute, setae, stoae, tabes, tabus, tease, toeas, touse, tsuba, tubae, tubas, tubes. | |
-5 letters: abet, abos, abut, ates, auto, base, bast, bate, bats, beat, beau, bees, beet, best, beta, bets, boas, boat, bota, bots, bout, bust, bute, buts, ease, east, eats, etas, oast, oats, obes, oust, outs, sabe, sate, seat, seta, stab, stoa, stob, stub, suba, suet, tabs, tabu, taos, taus, teas, tees, toea, toes, tuba, tube, tubs, utas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-o-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: beauteously. | |
+4 letters: beauteousness, subterraneous. | |
+5 letters: unquestionable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 61 75 74 65 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .- ..- - . --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100001 01110101 01110100 01100101 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e a u t e o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0061 0075 0074 0065 006F 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367167878671818785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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