beau idéal

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beau idéal

/ˈboʊ aɪˈdiːl/
/-i.deɪˈæl/
/-i.diˈæl/

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Borrowed from French beau idéal.

noun beaux idéals

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.
An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.

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@misc{beau_ide_al_2026,
  title = {beau idéal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beau%20id%C3%A9al},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}