beau (noun)

  • 71beauty — noun (plural beauties) Etymology: Middle English beaute, bealte, from Anglo French, from bel, beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty; akin to Latin bonus good more at bounty Date: 14th century 1. the quality or aggregate of qualities in a… …

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  • 72fellow — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English felawe, from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, from fēlag partnership, from fē cattle, money + lag act of laying Date: before 12th century 1. comrade, associate 2. a. an equal in… …

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  • 73trigraph — noun Date: circa 1836 1. three letters spelling a single consonant, vowel, or diphthong < eau of beau is a trigraph > 2. a cluster of three successive letters < the, ion, and ing are high frequency trigraphs > • trigraphic adjective …

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  • 74cybercowboy — noun a) A character who carries out contract work, especially of a legally dubious nature, in cyberspace. ...from the voyeur and beau, through the private dick and the hobo to the cybercowboy and the cyborg. b) An Internet user. Unlike the cyborg …

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  • 75Romeo — noun a) One of the main characters of s play . b) A boyfriend. Syn: beau, boyfriend, man friend, lover boy …

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  • 76Beaujolais — Beau|jo|lais [ ,bouʒə leı ] noun count or uncount a type of red wine from southern France …

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  • 77beautician — beau|ti|cian [ bjə tıʃn ] noun count someone whose job is to give people beauty treatments or cut and style women s hair …

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  • 78residual\ girlfriend — Noun, feminine variant. The remains of a previous girlfriend that still seem to linger about your present beau s heart and apartment. Masculinine variant: residual boyfriend. He talks about his residual girlfriend non stop. It s like being a&#8230; …

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  • 79residual\ girlfriend — Noun, feminine variant. The remains of a previous girlfriend that still seem to linger about your present beau s heart and apartment. Masculinine variant: residual boyfriend. He talks about his residual girlfriend non stop. It s like being a&#8230; …

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  • 80boyfriend — noun her old boyfriend was at the reunion Syn: lover, sweetheart, beloved, darling, dearest, young man, man friend, man, guy, escort, suitor; partner, significant other, companion; informal fella, (main) squeeze, flame, steady, toy boy …

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