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beauteous

beau·teous

UK/ˈbjuːtɪəs/ US/ˈbjuːtʃəs/ rare formal literary

adjective

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poetic

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Origin

From Middle English beautevous, bewteose, beautuous, boyteous, beuteus, beuteowse, bewtyvows, equivalent to beauty + -ous and/or beauty + -eous.

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