beauism

English

Etymology

From beau +‎ -ism.

Noun

beauism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of dandyism
    • 1848, W. Urquhart, Sir John May Mead, the London Merchant. A Romance of Real Life, page 214:
      At the present day, such an equipment would look outré, but, at the time we are writing, of [sic] it was considered the ne-plus-ultra of beauism.
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