line of beauty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A curved line that is supposedly inherently beautiful. It is represented in different ways by different authors, although usually as a kind of elongated S (like the one in William Hogarth’s painting in this entry).

Word forms

line of beauty lines of beauty

Related words

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