Word: 'beautiful' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'beautiful' • Extended Annotations
Latin beatificus "making happy or blessed, blessing"
(sometimes said to be from Latin bellus "pretty, agreeable" but this is erroneous)
As a term for physical attractivemess, beauty replaced Old English wlite
"A romantic could also be an invasive enchanter, so a witting or unwitting practitioner of dark magic. The idea such a romantic holds may be beautiful, which could make it seem like it’s worth pursuing at any cost. If the cost is deception, then that romantic has become a liar. "
"Weird Genius"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
