beauteous

1. 1.

   (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight

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Questions about beauteous

What does beauteous mean?

beauteous means "(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight".

How many syllables are in beauteous?

beauteous has 4 syllables: be-au-te-ous. The stress falls on "te".

Is beauteous a common word?

beauteous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.