Beau.ty&late 13c., from Anglo-Norm. beute , O.Fr. biauté (12c., "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person," Mod.Fr. beauté ), earlier beltet , from V.L. bellitatem (nom. bellitas ) "state of being handsome," from L. bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical L. used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-eye- and related to bonus "good," bene "well." Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness." Replaced O.E. wlite . Concrete

the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind.

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Cai Griffith

BEAUTYAND THE BEAST

A BOOK ABOUT NOTHING.

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by

Jason Drew&

Cai Griffith

beautyand the beast

a book about nothing.

BEAST&early 13c., from O.Fr. beste  (11c., Mod.Fr. bête ) "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot;" from L. bestia  "beast, wild animal," of unknown origin. replacing O.E. deor  (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal.

an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing