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beau ideal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beau ideal has 1 sense
- beau ideal(n = noun.cognition) idol, paragon, perfection - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept; Array is a kind of ideal
has particulars: gold standard
CIDE DICTIONARY
beau ideal, [F. beau beautiful + idéal ideal.].
A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beau ideal, n. (pl. beaux ideals) the highest type of excellence or beauty.
Etymology
F beau id{eacute}al = ideal beauty: see BEAU, IDEAL
ROGET THESAURUS
beau ideal
Perfection
N perfection, perfectness, indefectibility, impeccancy, impeccability, pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon, pink of perfection, acme of perfection, ne plus ultra, summit, cygne noir, philosopher's stone, chrysolite, Koh-i-noor, model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton, trump, very prince of, masterpiece, superexcellence, transcendence, perfect, faultless, indefective, indeficient, indefectible, immaculate, spotless, impeccable, free from imperfection, unblemished, uninjured, sound, sound as a roach, in perfect condition, scathless, intact, harmless, seaworthy, right as a trivet, in seipso totus teres atque rotundus, consummate, finished, best, model, standard, inimitable, unparagoned, unparalleled, superhuman, divine, beyond all praise, sans peur et sans reproche, to perfection, perfectly, ad unguem, clean, clean as a whistle, let us go on unto perfection, the perfection of art is to conceal art.
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