Of course... blithe!
Beautiful was invented by Shakespeare? God, what a great thing which I would willingly believe except my O.E.D says it was first published as a word in 1526. <grin>
Maybe we should try to get Oristar to read Shakespeare instead, Cav. Oristar, there are 16 occasions when W.S. used the word beautiful -- according to Bartleby. Here's one and it's a good go, too:
Sonnet CVI.
"When in the chronicle of wasted time"
WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rime,
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
And here's another, used in what is now an old joke:
(from Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Valentine: I have loved her ever since I saw her, and still I see her beautiful.
Speed: If you love her you cannot see her.
Valentine: Why?
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Speed. Because Love is blind.
