beautiful
Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/
The English word “beautiful” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
- Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
- That one likes very much.
- Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
- Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).
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