noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbjuːti ˌsliːp/
General-American:/ˈbjuti ˌslip/
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noun
Meaning 1
Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Extra sleep; also (generally), any sleep; (countable) an instance of this; an extra nap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, idiomatic, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beauty rest
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
sleep before midnight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sleep, nap
History
Etymology
From beauty (noun) + sleep (noun).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Danish:
skønhedssøvn
— originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now, sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; an instance of such sleep
Dutch:
schoonheidsslaap
— originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now, sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; an instance of such sleep
Finnish:
kauneusunet
— originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now, sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; an instance of such sleep
Portuguese:
sono da beleza
— originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now, sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; an instance of such sleep
Swedish:
skönhetssömn
— originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now, sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; an instance of such sleep
Dutch:
schoonheidsslaap
— extra sleep; an instance of this
Finnish:
kauneusunet
— extra sleep; an instance of this
French:
roupillon
— extra sleep; an instance of this
French:
sommeil réparateur
— extra sleep; an instance of this
German:
Schönheitsschlaf
— extra sleep; an instance of this
Portuguese:
sono da beleza
— extra sleep; an instance of this
Swedish:
skönhetssömn
— extra sleep; an instance of this
