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noun (beauties, -)
  1. The property, quality, or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas). Hence that which is attractive, pleasing, fine, or good looking; comeliness.
    • 1988: "" and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people." -Second Son, Robert Ferro
      1. Someone who is beautiful.
      Jane is a .
      1. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
      My car is a .
      What a goal, what a .
      1. The concept of learning the private language of meaning which is another persons life, of recognizing and relishing what is.
Translations: 
  • German: Prachtstí¼ck
Etymology: From :w:Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Norman


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