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“beauty”
Etymology: from about 1275, from Anglo-Norman beute, from Old French bealte, earlier beltet, from Vulgar Latin bellitatem, "state of being handsome", from Latin bellus, "fine, beautiful"; in classical Latin especially a reference to women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men.
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think.
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“beauty”
(Greek: grace, beauty, kindness; to rejoice at; extended to attractiveness, personal charm)
(Latin: love, loveliness, beauty, attractiveness, charm; by extension, "reverence; to worship")
(Latin: goddess of love; love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, charm)
(Venus, Roman goddess; Aphrodite, Greek goddess; second planet from the sun)
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beauty parlor (s) (lexicomedy); beauty parlors (pl)
A place, or places, where some women go to dye.
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bell-, bel-
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Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
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Beauty Parlor: a place where women curl up and dye.
Love and Beauty: Aphrodite, Venus
Greek: Aphrodite (goddess)
Latin: Venus (goddess)
Latin: Venus (goddess)
The goddess of love and beauty. Symbols: doves and sparrows.
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gods and goddesses from Greek and Latin Myths
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Pleasure, Charm, and Beauty in Human Life and in Nature: Graces
Greek: Graces (goddesses); Aglaia (brilliance); Euphrosyne (joy); Thalia (bloom)
Latin: (no equivalent goddess)
Latin: (no equivalent goddess)
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nasc-, nat-
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Beauty Parlor
A place where women curl up and dye.
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