beautifier

English

Etymology

beautify +‎ -er

Noun

beautifier (plural beautifiers)

A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter III:
  The sea is no beautifier, certainly; sailors do grow old betimes; I have often observed it; they soon lose the look of youth.

Antonyms

uglifier

Related terms

Translations

someone or something which makes beautiful

French: embellisseur (fr) m, embellisseuse (fr) f
German: Verschönerer m, Verschönererin f

Portuguese: embelezador m, embelezadora f

Further reading

beautifier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
beautifier in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
beautifier at OneLook Dictionary Search

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