beau ideal

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Noun

beau ideal (plural beaux ideals)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of beau idéal.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 121–122:
      "The Duc de Guise," said Mercœur, "is quite my beau ideal of the days of chivalry. His adventures, whether of love or war, seem like the old Provençal ballads; my only marvel is, where in these days he finds his romantic matériel."