Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. (context idiomatic English) A single, circular, dark spot, especially on one side of a woman's face below the forehead, produced either naturally (as by a mole) or artificially using cosmetics. n. (context idiomatic English) A single, circular, dark spot, especially on one side of a woman's face below the forehead, produced either naturally (as by a mole) or artificially using cosmetics.
Wikipedia
A beauty mark or beauty spot is a euphemism for a type of dark facial mole, so named because such birthmarks are sometimes considered an attractive feature. Medically, such "beauty marks" are generally melanocytic nevus, more specifically the compound variant. Moles of this type may also be located elsewhere on the body, and may also be considered beauty marks if located on the face, shoulder, neck or breast.
A beauty mark is a type of mole considered attractive in some cultures. It can also refer to:
- "Beauty Mark", a track on the 1998 album Rufus Wainwright (album)
- "Beauty Marked," the 34th episode of the TV series Danny Phantom
Usage examples of "beauty mark".
About her neck finally a choker of jewels, and then on her left cheek a little jewel in paste like a beauty mark.
Oh, and a black beauty mark in the shape of a tiny heart near that rosebud mouth.
Wildly, he imagined that he, not his son, was engaged to this splendid creature, who had, on her cheek, like a beauty mark, a small delicate charming smudge of printer’.
Wildly, he imagined that he, not his son, was engaged to this splendid creature, who had, on her cheek, like a beauty mark, a small delicate charming smudge of printer's ink.
He turned his hand over then, and presented me with a small dark object clinging to the tip of his finger-Phillip Wylie's star-shaped black beauty mark.
Skin, pale as milk, was unlined and highlighted by a beauty mark just at the outer point of one slashing eyebrow.