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beau idéal

noun
/ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French beau idéal.

  1. borrowed from beau idéal

Definitions

  1. Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection.

    • I never knew any debatable point not maintained on both sides by unanswerable arguments; and yet you are angry that he has not thrown every advantage aside to enact your beau-idéal of patriotic excellence.

  2. An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.

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