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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French beau idéal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/, (or like French) IPA(key): /-i.deɪˈæl/, /-i.diˈæl/
Noun
beau idéal (plural beaux idéals)
- Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 312:I never knew any debatable point not maintained on both sides by unanswerable arguments; and yet you are angry that he has not thrown every advantage aside to enact your beau-idéal of patriotic excellence.
- An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.[1]
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References
- ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary