beauty sleep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.
Extra sleep; also (generally), any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.

/ˈbjuːti ˌsliːp/ /ˈbjuti ˌslip/ En-au-beauty sleep.ogg

beauty sleep beauty sleeps beauty-sleep

From beauty (noun) + sleep (noun).

beauty rest

Sleeping Beauty

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