beaut
noun
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L316854 on Wikidata ↗interjection
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L334138 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- (informal) of quality that is pleasing to human senses
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bjuːt/ / /bjut/ / /bjʉt/
adj
Etymology: Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.
- Beautiful, splendid.
“An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.”
“It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.”
noun
Etymology: Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.
- Something or someone that is physically attractive.
“That new car of yours is a real beaut.”
- Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
“Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."”
“In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!””