ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Phr. davus sum non Aedipus † ; deadly dull and boring, DDB.
844. Humorist -- N. humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist † , epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit,
life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller † , drole de
corps † , gaillard † , spark; bon diable [Fr.]; practical joker.
buffoon, farceur [Fr.], merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan,
posturemaster † , harlequin, punch, pulcinella † , scaramouch † , clown; wearer of the cap and
bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the
green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass [Coll.]; fool &c 501.
zany, madcap; pickle-herring, witling † , caricaturist, grimacier † ; persifleur † .
2. DISCRIMINATIVE AFFECTIONS
845. Beauty -- N. beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics † .
[-beauty of people] pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural
beauty; symmetry &c 242; comeliness, fairness &c adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good
looks; belle tournure † ; trigness † ; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness,
magnificence; sublimity, sublimification † .
concinnity † , delicacy, refinement; charm, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], style.
Venus, Aphrodite † , Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo † , Hyperion, Adonis † ,
Antionous † , Narcissus.
peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel &c (ornament) 847; work
of art.
flower, flow'ret gay † ; [flowers: list] wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel,
buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily
of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower.
pleasurableness &c 829.
beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening; decoration &c 847; calisthenics † .
[person who is beautiful] beauty; hunk (of men).
V. be beautiful &c adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one &c (accord) 23; set off, grace.
render beautiful &c adj.; beautify; polish, burnish; gild &c (decorate) 847; set out.
snatch a grace beyond the reach of art [Pope].
Adj. beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant,
prepossessing; attractive &c (inviting) 615; delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable,
comely, seemly; bonny [Scot.]; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed,
well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical &c (regular) 242; harmonious &c
(color) 428; sightly.
fit to be seen, passable, not amiss.
goodly, dapper, tight, jimp † ; gimp; janty † , jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat,
spruce, smart, tricksy † .
bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full
bloom.
brilliant, shining; beamy † , beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling,
glowing; glossy, sleek.
rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious.