pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood, -tyood]
noun
physical beauty; comeliness.
Origin of pulchritude
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pulchritūdō beauty, equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude
Synonyms for pulchritude
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Related Words for pulchritude
loveliness, allure, elegance, attraction, allurement, adorableness, prettiness, glamorExamples from the Web for pulchritude
Historical Examples of pulchritude
She thrust it out and strove to find encouragement in its pulchritude.
The CaliforniansGertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
I have never had any money and my particular kind of pulchritude doesn't appeal to them.
Paradise GardenGeorge Gibbs
If he has any, her crude manoeuvres make him laugh and he is repelled by her lack of pulchritude and amiability.
In Defense of WomenH. L. Mencken
From the beginning he and his friends have capitalized his poverty of pulchritude and his pulchritudinous poverty.
Idling in ItalyJoseph Collins
Her pulchritude has a background of good character and she is alive with the spirit of the New World.
In the Days of Poor RichardIrving Bacheller
pulchritude
noun
Word Origin for pulchritude
C15: from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher beautiful
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