Dictionary entry

Beau ideal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beau″ i‐de″al (bō″ ī̍‐dē″al; 277). [F. beau beautiful + idéal ideal.] A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.