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adjective
physically beautiful; comely.
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Pulchritudinous
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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Word Origin & History
pulchritudinous
1912, Amer.Eng., from pulchritude (cf. L. pulchritudino "beauty").
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