beaut/bjuːt/EtymologyEither a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.adjBeautiful, splendid.“An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.”nounSomething or someone that is physically attractive.“That new car of yours is a real beaut.”Something that is a remarkable example of its type.“Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."”