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pul·chri·tude    Audio Help   [puhl-kri-tood, -tyood] Pronunciation Key
–noun
physical beauty; comeliness.

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

loveliness, beauteousness, fairness.
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pul·chri·tude    Audio Help   (pŭl'krĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Great physical beauty and appeal.


[Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher, pulchr-, beautiful.]

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pulchritude 
"beauty," c.1400, from L. pulchritudo, from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin.

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pulchritude

noun
physical beauty (especially of a woman) 

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Pulchritude

Pul"chri*tude\, n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.]

1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.

Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. --Court of Love.

2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.

By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. --Ray.
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