Obs.–1 [ad. L. venustas, f. venustus (see VENUST a.), or a. obs. F. vénusté. Cf. It. venustà.] Elegance of form; beauty.
1559. Bercher, Nobylytye Wymen (Roxb., 1904), 105. Nature hathe geven hym [sc. man] a bewtye—it is called maiestye, or venustie,…—which passethe all other bewtye.
