Topic: HAIR AND BEAUTY

Date:	1200-1300
Language:	Old French
Origin:	biauté, from bel, biau 'beautiful', from Latin bellus 'pretty'

beauty
noun

beau‧ty S3 W2 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

plural beauties

appearance

[uncountable] a quality that people, places, or things have that makes them very attractive to look at:

her beauty and grace

an area of outstanding natural beauty

Millions of dollars are spent each year on beauty products.

[countable] a woman who is very beautiful:

She was considered a great beauty in her youth.

[uncountable] a quality that something such as a poem, song, emotion etc has, which gives you pleasure or joy

the beauty of Shakespeare's verse

a particularly good quality that makes something especially suitable or useful:

The beauty of e-mail is its speed and ease of use.

5 [countable] spoken a very good, large etc example of something:

You should have seen the boat - a real beauty.

used to say that different people have different opinions about what is beautiful

used to say that how someone looks is not as important as a good character