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pulchritude

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pul⋅chri⋅tude

  [puhl-kri-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
physical beauty; comeliness.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L pulchritūdō beauty, equiv. to pulchri- (comb. form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude

Synonyms:
loveliness, beauteousness, fairness.
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pul·chri·tude   (pŭl'krĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  Great physical beauty and appeal.

[Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher, pulchr-, beautiful.]
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Word Origin & History

pulchritude 
"beauty," c.1400, from L. pulchritudo, from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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