i-adjective
Archaic or highly literary adjective meaning 'beautiful'. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered only in classical texts or poetic contexts.
古い和歌に「美々しい花」という表現が見られる。
In old waka poetry, one can find the expression 'beautiful flower'.
Rare kanji spelling using the repetition mark 々. The form 美美しい is also listed but is even less common.
Alternate rare spelling without the repetition mark. Both kanji forms are very uncommon; the word itself is archaic.
The modern standard word for 'beautiful'. 美々しい is its archaic or poetic predecessor, now obsolete.
Derived from the classical adjective 美し (うまし) with reduplication and adjectival ending しい, emphasizing beauty. The exact historical development is uncertain.