beauteous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːtɪəs/ / /ˈbjuːtʃəs/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.
- beautiful.
“VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, And make me trauaile forth without my cloake, To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way, Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.”
“O wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there heere? / How beauteous mankinde is? O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't.”