ˈbeauty-spot
[f. beauty n. + spot.]
1. A spot or patch placed upon the face by ladies in the method of adornment formerly fashionable: originally intended to heighten by contrast the charm of some neighbouring feature; fig. a foil.
| 1657 Reeve God's Plea 123 The setting of every hair..the placing of every beauty-spot. 1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. i. (1721) 45 Their Black Patches, which in former Times have been taken for Beauty-Spots. a 1711 Grew (J.) The filthiness of swine makes them the beauty-spot of the animal creation. 1864 H. Spencer Illust. Univ. Progr. 90 From painted faces to beauty-spots. |
2. gen. A feature or place of special beauty.
| 1682 Bunyan Holy War 110 If righteousness be such a beauty-spot in thine eyes. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 91 Hill-streams and waterfalls rank among the beauty-spots of this beautiful world. |