beau ideal

See also: beau idéal and beau-ideal

English

Noun

beau ideal (plural beaux ideals)

1. Nonstandard spelling of beau idéal.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 121–122:

     "The Duc de Guise," said Mercœur, "is quite my beau ideal of the days of chivalry. His adventures, whether of love or war, seem like the old Provençal ballads; my only marvel is, where in these days he finds his romantic matériel."