Added 6 October 2026
beautiful
/ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/ adjective
In Latin: pulcher, fōrmōsus, bellus Wiktionary
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Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
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Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
the house beautiful
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That one likes very much.
He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
noun
Origin
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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