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noun
physical beauty; comeliness.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pulchritūdō beauty, equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pulchritūdō beauty, equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude
Synonyms
loveliness, beauteousness, fairness.
loveliness, beauteousness, fairness.
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Pulchritude
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pulchritude
"beauty," c.1400, from L. pulchritudo, from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin.
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