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Definition of beauteous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beauteous

adjective

/ˈbjuːtiəs/

/ˈbjuːtiəs/

(literary)

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Word Originlate Middle English: from beauty, on the pattern of bounteous and plenteous.

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