zıt: 醜い, For pronunciation and definitions of 美しい, 【麗しい】, [adjective] beautiful, Alternative spelling美わしい
köken: From Early Middle Japanese adjective 美(うつく)し (utsukushi), with the 終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) (shūshikei, “predicative form”) ending in し (shi) first replaced with the 連(れん)体(たい)形(けい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”) ending in しき (shiki), and then with the medial /-k-/ falling out to result in an ending of しい (shii). Most likely related to 厳しい (itsukushii, “beautiful, pretty”).
fine (of superior quality), grand · refined, elegant, genteel, stylish, tony, posh, swanky, fashionable, smart · beautiful, handsome (chiefly of objects and the weather)
köken: From Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited;…
Akin to Danish flot (“nice, pleasant, cool”), both borrowed from Low German vlot. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to stream, float”). See also German flott (“stylish, charming”).