Dictionary entry

Beautiful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beau″ti‐ful (bū″tĭ‐fụl), a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram.

Lord Kames.

Syn. — Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine.

— Beau″ti‐ful‐ly, adv. — Beau″ti‐ful‐ness, n.