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beau ideal

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beau i·de·al  (b -dl)
n. pl. beau ideals
1. The concept of perfect beauty.
2. An idealized type or model: the beau ideal of a high-ranking army officer.
[French beau idéal : beau, perfect + idéal, ideal.]
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Noun1.beau ideal - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
paragon, perfection, idol
ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
gold standard - a paragon of excellence; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"


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Maggie perceived that here was the beau ideal of a man.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
Her person was of the smallest size that is believed to comport with beauty, and which poets and artists have chosen as the beau ideal of feminine loveliness.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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