BEAUTY

BEAUTY. → Vanity of Ps 39:11; Pr 6:25; 31:30; Isa 3:24; Eze 16:14; 28:17 → Wastes away Ps 39:11; 49:14 → INSTANCES OF
* Sarah Ge 12:11
* Rebekah Ge 24:16
* Rachel Ge 29:17
* Joseph Ge 39:6
* Moses Ex 2:2; Heb 11:23
* David 1Sa 16:12,18
* Bath-sheba 2Sa 11:2
* Tamar 2Sa 13:1
* Absalom 2Sa 14:25
* Abishag 1Ki 1:4
* Vashti Es 1:11
* Esther Es 2:7

→ SPIRITUAL 1Ch 16:29; Ps 27:4; 29:2; 45:11; 90:17; 110:3; Isa 52:7; Eze 16:14; Zec 9:17

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Beau″ty (bū″ty̆), n.; pl. Beauties (�). [[OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]] 1. 1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. Wordsworth. The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, “multitude in unity;” and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge. 2. 2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
3. 3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of Verona. Shak. 4. 4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.