reflation (iou) and beauty (iou)

reflation (iou)

reflation noun. M20.
[from RE- after deflation, inflation.]
Inflation (esp. as a deliberate policy) designed or tending to restore an economy etc. to its previous condition after deflation.
reflationary adjective characterized by or leading to reflation M20.
reflationist noun an advocate of a policy of reflation M20.

beauty (iou)

Beauty noun & verb. ['bju:ti] ME.
[Anglo-Norman beute, Old French belte, beaute (mod. beaute) from Proto-Romance, from Latin bellus: see BEAU, -TY1.]
A. noun.
That quality or combination of qualities which delights the senses or mental faculties; esp. that combination of shape, colour, and proportion which is pleasing to the eye. ME.
line of Beauty: see LINE noun2.
Keats A thing of Beauty is a joy for ever; Its loveliness increases: it will never Pass into nothingness. Tennyson There sat..All Beauty compass'd in a female form, The Princess. R. W. Emerson We ascribe Beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end. W. S. Gilbert There is Beauty in the bellow of the blast, There is grandeur in the growling of the gale. T. E. Lawrence That trumpet call had an almost liquid Beauty. M. Drabble Her gawky, bony clumsiness had suddenly transformed itself into dazzling Beauty.
b. (Beauty.) This quality personified. LME.
A beautiful feature, a charm, an embellishment; a particular point giving pleasure or satisfaction. ME.
Bible (AV): Psalms 110:3 Thy people shalbe willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holinesse from the wombe of the morning. S. Richardson That's the Beauty of it; to offend and make up at pleasure. Ld Macaulay The one Beauty of the resolution is its inconsistency.
b. In pl. (In titles) choice examples of the work of a writer etc. arch. M18.
A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. LME.
bathing Beauty: see BATHE verb 5. sleeping Beauty: see SLEEPING ppl adjective.
P. S. Buck It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundredth with a Beauty.
b. Beautiful persons collectively. E17.
Byron Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry.
A beautiful thing; a particularly good specimen of something. M18.
In names of butterflies and moths: brindled Beauty, Camberwell Beauty, oak Beauty, painted Beauty, etc.
P. G. Wodehouse She..swung her right and plugged Slingsby a perfect Beauty in the eye.
Particle Physics. A quark flavour associated with a charge of 1 / 3. Also called bottom. (Symbol b.) L20.
Comb.: Beauty contest, (N. Amer.) Beauty pageant a competition for a prize given to the woman judged the most beautiful; Beauty parlour an establishment in which Beauty treatment is practised professionally; Beauty queen a winner of a Beauty contest; Beauty salon, (US) Beauty shop = Beauty parlour above; Beauty sleep: before midnight; Beauty spot (a) a small patch placed on a woman's face as a foil to her complexion; (b) a beautiful locality; Beauty treatment the use of cosmetics, face-massage, manicuring, hairdressing, etc., to enhance personal appearance.
b. verb trans. Beautify, adorn. arch. LME.
beautiless adjective L16.

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