adj
beauteous
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adj
1
Beautiful — a literary or poetic way of saying so.
"The poem described a beauteous garden untouched by winter."
How to Use Beauteous
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned, poetic word for "beautiful."
When to use it
Purely literary/archaic today — using it in ordinary conversation sounds theatrical or mock-formal.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
more beauteous comparative, most beauteous superlative
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Etymology
Built from "beauty" plus the adjective ending "-eous," on the model of words like "bounteous." It was common in poetic English from the 16th century onward.