beauties (noun)

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• beauty — noun (plural beauties) Etymology: Middle English beaute, bealte, from Anglo French, from bel, beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty; akin to Latin bonus good more at bounty Date: 14th century 1. the quality or aggregate of qualities in a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• happiness — noun a) The emotion of being happy; joy. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! , , I i b) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For theres a happiness, as well as care …   Wiktionary

• brougham — noun /ˈbruːəm/ a) A four wheeled horse drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers. , 1891, “Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham… …   Wiktionary

• lady's man — noun a) A man who attracts women and enjoys their company. This promenading was chiefly patronised by the marines, and particularly by Colbrook, a remarkably handsome and very gentlemanly corporal among them. He was a complete ladys man; with… …   Wiktionary

• ludophilia — noun The love of play. based on sicalipsis, with their tastelessness, petty subjects and immodest exhibition of female beauties, became a fitting artistic formula for the hedonism, ludophilia, escapism, and consumerism of the years just prior to… …   Wiktionary

• beauty\ sleep — noun A nap or rest taken to improve the appearance. She took her beauty sleep before the party. Many famous beauties take a beauty sleep every day …   Словарь американских идиом

• beauty — noun (plural beauties) 1》 a combination of qualities that delights the aesthetic senses. 2》 [as modifier] denoting something intended to make someone more attractive: beauty treatment. 3》 a beautiful woman. 4》 an excellent example of something.… …   English new terms dictionary

• bevy — noun (C) a large group of people of the same kind, especially girls or young women (+ of): Tom swaggered in surrounded by a bevy of beauties …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nature — noun 1 PLANTS/ANIMALS ETC also Nature (U) everything in the physical world that is not controlled by humans, such as wild plants and animals, earth and rocks, and the weather: We grew up in the countryside, surrounded by the beauties of nature. | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• beauty — beau|ty1 [ bjuti ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the quality of being beautiful or very good to look at: He was impressed by her beauty and charm. I admired the beauty of the landscape. a ) the beauties of something the features of something that are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• beauty — I UK [ˈbjuːtɪ] / US [ˈbjutɪ] noun Word forms beauty : singular beauty plural beauties *** 1) [uncountable] the quality of being beautiful or very good to look at He was impressed by her beauty and charm. I admired the beauty of the landscape. 2)… …   English dictionary