pulchritude

[ puhl-kri-tood, -tyood ]
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noun
  1. physical beauty; comeliness.

Origin of pulchritude

1
First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Latin pulchritūdō “beauty,” equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher “beautiful”) + -tūdō noun suffix; see -tude

Other words for pulchritude

loveliness, beauteousness, prettiness, beauty; allure
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How to use pulchritude in a sentence

  • "I will repeat Charley's ideas of what he styles, his 'personal pulchritude,'" responded Carry.

    Alone | Marion Harland
  • Neither will it agree unto the Beauty of Animals: wherein notwithstanding there is an approved pulchritude.

  • pulchritude begins in childhood with the Californian, grows and strengthens through youth to middle age.

    The Californiacs | Inez Haynes Irwin
  • Not that any lady's pulchritude is a handicap to a stage career or in any way undesirable.

  • It was this spirit, she thought, which had perhaps given Kentucky its reputation for feminine pulchritude.

    Why Joan? | Eleanor Mercein Kelly

British Dictionary definitions for pulchritude

pulchritude

/ (ˈpʌlkrɪˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. formal, or literary physical beauty

Origin of pulchritude

1
C15: from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher beautiful

Derived forms of pulchritude

  • pulchritudinous, adjective

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