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DEFINING BEAUTIFUL RESPLENDENTLY
We all know what beautiful means and the synonyms that go with it - pretty, gorgeous, dazzling, smoking hot etc. But do you know these obscure and/obsolete beautiful words? Check out the years they were coined.
ANTIOUS ancient, beautiful with age, rare - 1900
AESTHETE one who professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestation - 1881
BELLICHE - beautifully - 1394
BELLIFY - to embellish, to beautify - 1540
BELLITUDE - beauty, fairness - 1623
BLINDER something beautiful or attractive - 1892. Other words include:
BONNILIE - beautifully - 1911
BONNYNESS - beauty - 1911
CALLIMETER - a measure of beauty - 1862 nonce word
DEBELLISH - to rob of beauty; to mar the beauty of, to disfigure - 1610
DECORE - grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment - 1513
DENTY-BONNY beautiful - 1900
DEVENUSTATE - to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform - 1653
ELEGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous - 1942
EMBELISE - to embellish; to beautify - c1340
FAIR-FARAND -beautiful to the eye but noxious, hurtful - 1789
FAIRLEC - fairness, beauty - 1225
ILLUSTRATE - to make lustrous, luminous, or bright; to set off with bright colors; generally, to beautify, to adorn - 1592
GALAXY a brilliant assemblage or crowd of beautiful women or distinguished persons - 1590
GANYMEDE a beautiful or handsome young man - 1566
GAWZER a beautiful girl or young woman - 1997
KATISH - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful - 1981
PANTHERESS a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman - 1868
PHILOCALIST a lover of beauty - 1861
PIPPIN someone or something beautiful or attractive - 1892
PULCHRITUDE - physical beauty; comeliness - 1350
PULCHRITUDINOUS - beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent - 1912
QUAINTISE - to beautify, to adorn, to dress finely - 1390
QUEME - of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy - 1300
SALLIT to beautify, to lay out for display - 1876
SENSATIONAL - beautiful; gorgeous - 1942
SMICKER - beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome
SPANGLORIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous - 1942. Other similar words include
SPANKER something beautiful or attractive - 1892
SWELLEGANT - very fine, beautiful - 1913-17 dial.
VENEREAL - physically beautiful or attractive - 1598
VENUST - handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance - 1513
WALY - beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong - 1500-20
UNHIGHT - to deprive of grace or beauty - 1387
VENUSTATE - to make beautiful, fair, or sightly - 1656
VENUSTITY - beautifulness.1727
VENUSTY - elegance of form; beauty - 1559
VIRE - a great beauty; a belle; an outstanding person, animal, or thing; the best in a class; a prize specimen, a good price, etc.; something well done - 1908
ANTIOUS ancient, beautiful with age, rare - 1900
AESTHETE one who professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestation - 1881
BELLICHE - beautifully - 1394
BELLIFY - to embellish, to beautify - 1540
BELLITUDE - beauty, fairness - 1623
BLINDER something beautiful or attractive - 1892. Other words include:
- DANDEROO
- DAZZLER
- DUCKEROO
- FETCHER
BONNILIE - beautifully - 1911
BONNYNESS - beauty - 1911
CALLIMETER - a measure of beauty - 1862 nonce word
DEBELLISH - to rob of beauty; to mar the beauty of, to disfigure - 1610
DECORE - grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment - 1513
DENTY-BONNY beautiful - 1900
DEVENUSTATE - to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform - 1653
ELEGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous - 1942
- DEVASTATING
- RIPSNIPTIOUS
EMBELISE - to embellish; to beautify - c1340
FAIR-FARAND -beautiful to the eye but noxious, hurtful - 1789
FAIRLEC - fairness, beauty - 1225
ILLUSTRATE - to make lustrous, luminous, or bright; to set off with bright colors; generally, to beautify, to adorn - 1592
GALAXY a brilliant assemblage or crowd of beautiful women or distinguished persons - 1590
GANYMEDE a beautiful or handsome young man - 1566
GAWZER a beautiful girl or young woman - 1997
KATISH - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful - 1981
PANTHERESS a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman - 1868
PHILOCALIST a lover of beauty - 1861
PIPPIN someone or something beautiful or attractive - 1892
PULCHRITUDE - physical beauty; comeliness - 1350
PULCHRITUDINOUS - beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent - 1912
QUAINTISE - to beautify, to adorn, to dress finely - 1390
QUEME - of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy - 1300
SALLIT to beautify, to lay out for display - 1876
SENSATIONAL - beautiful; gorgeous - 1942
SMICKER - beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome
SPANGLORIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous - 1942. Other similar words include
- SCRUMDIFFEROUS
- SCRUMDOODLE
- SCRUMDUMPISH
- SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS
- SPLENDACEOUS
- SPLENDICULOUS
- SPLENDIFEROUS
- SWELLAGAZAM
- SWELLDIFFEROUS
SPANKER something beautiful or attractive - 1892
- SPIFFER
- STRIKER
- STUNNER
SWELLEGANT - very fine, beautiful - 1913-17 dial.
VENEREAL - physically beautiful or attractive - 1598
VENUST - handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance - 1513
WALY - beautiful, excellent; fine, thriving, strong - 1500-20
UNHIGHT - to deprive of grace or beauty - 1387
VENUSTATE - to make beautiful, fair, or sightly - 1656
VENUSTITY - beautifulness.1727
VENUSTY - elegance of form; beauty - 1559
VIRE - a great beauty; a belle; an outstanding person, animal, or thing; the best in a class; a prize specimen, a good price, etc.; something well done - 1908
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