beauty spot

2 definitions found

beauty spot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beauty \Beau"ty\ (b[=u]"t[y^]), n.; pl. Beauties
     (b[=u]"t[i^]z). [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut['e], biaut['e],
     Pr. beltat, F. beaut['e], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from
     L. bellus pretty. See Beau.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
        the ear, the intellect, the [ae]sthetic faculty, or the
        moral sense.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Beauty consists of a certain composition of color
              and figure, causing delight in the beholder.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The production of beauty by a multiplicity of
              symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school,
              was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt
              that such is the principle of beauty. --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
        anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All the admired beauties of Verona.   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She stained her hair yellow, which was then the
              beauty.                               --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent
        to heighten beauty by contrast.
        [1913 Webster]

beauty spot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  beauty spot
      n 1: a spot that is worn on a lady's face for adornment