be a us hip (boship)

[ You laugh not, gallants, as by proof appears, At what his be a us hip says, but what he wears. Congreve, Prol. to Dryden Jr.'s Husband his own Cuckold. beausiret, n. [ME. also beausir , bewsher , etc., beau sire , fair sir: see beau and sir , and cf. beaupere . See also belsire .] Fair sir: an ancient formal mode of addre . beauteous (būtē-us), a. [Early mod. E. also beautious, beuteous, bewtious, beuteus, I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wife, With wealth enough, and young, and beauteous . We are clearly conscious of the propriety of applying the epithet beautiful to virtues such as charity, reverence, or devotion, but we cannot apply it with the same propriety to duties of perfect obligation, such as veracity or integrity. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 84. The beautiful, that which po e es beauty; beauty in the abstract: as, the beautiful in nature or art; the good, the true, and the beautiful. Can we conceive of a period of human development at which religion is the worship of the beautiful ? J. Caird. It is very old, this architecture [Duomo at Murano]; but the eternal youth of the beautiful belongs to it, and there is scarce a stone fallen from it that I would replace. Howells, Venetian Life, xii. = Syn. Beautiful, Beauteous, Handsome, Pretty, Fair, Lovely, Comely, charming, all apply to that which is highly pleasing, especially to the eye. Beautiful, the most general of these words, is also often the noblest and most spiritual, expre ing that which gives the highest satisfaction to eye, ear, mind, or soul. Beauteous is chiefly poetic, and covers the le spiritual part of beautiful. Handsome is founded upon the notion of proportion, symmetry, as the result of cultivation or work; a hand soте figure is strictly one that has been developed by attention to physical laws into the right proportions. It is le spiritual than beautiful; a handsome face is not nece arily a beautiful face. Handsome applies to larger or more important things than pretty: as, a handsome house; a pretty cottage. It is opposed to homely. Pretty applies to that which has symmetry and delicacy, a diminutive beauty, without the higher qualities of gracefulne , dignity, feeling, purpose, etc. A thing not small of its kind may be called pretty if it is of little dignity or consequence: as, a pretty dre or shade of color; but pretty is not used of men or their belongings, except in contempt. Fair starts from the notion of a brightne that catches the eye; it notes that sort of beauty delights the eye by complexion and feature; in this sense it is now le common in prose. Lovely is a strong word for that which is immediately pleasing to the eye; it applies primarily to that which excites admiration and love. Comely applies rather to the human figure, chiefly in its proportions; it is used le commonly than handsome to expre the result of care or training. See elegant. The moon was pallid, but not faint; And beautiful as some fair saint. IMG:content-1817.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A particular grace or charm; an embellishment or ornament.-3. Any particular thing which is beautiful and pleasing; a part which surpa es in pleasing qualities that with which it is united: generally in the plural: as, the beauties of an author; the beauties of nature. Look in thy soul, and thou shalt beauties find, Like those which drown'd Narci us in the flood. Sir J. Davies, Immortal. of Soul, xxxiv. 4. A beautiful person; specifically, a beautiful woman; collectively, beautiful women: as, all the beauty of the place was present. This lady was not onely a greate beauty , but a most virtuous and excellent creature. Evelyn , Diary, July 8, 1675. And I have shadow'd many a group Of beauties , that were born In teacup-times of hood and hoop, Or while the patch was worn. Tennyson, The Talking Oak. And there a vision caught my eye; The reflex of a beauteous form. Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. A handsome house, to lodge a friend; A river at my garden's end. Pope , Imit. of Horace, Satires, II. vi. 3. Nothing more beautiful -nothing prettier , at least was ever made than Phoebe. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, ix. The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 21. Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain. Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 1. I doubt, indeed, if the shepherds and shepherde es of his day were any comelier and any cleaner than these their descendants. C. D. Warner , Roundabout Journey, p. 114. What has been distinguished as dependent or relative beauty is nothing more than a beautified utility or utilized beauty. Sir W. Hamilton. Ideal beauty, the standard of esthetic perfection which the mind forms and seeks to expre in the fine arts and in the rules which govern those arts. - Mixed beauty, the character of an object which is beautiful and at the same time affords pleasure of another kind. = Syn. 1. Loveline , fairne , comeline , attractivene ; elegance, gracefulne , adornment.