pulchritude
[ puhl-kri-tood, -tyood ]
/ ˈpʌl krɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
noun
physical beauty; comeliness.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of pulchritude
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pulchritūdō beauty, equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude
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pulchritude
/ (ˈpʌlkrɪˌtjuːd) /
noun
formal, or literary physical beauty
Derived forms of pulchritude
pulchritudinous, adjectiveWord Origin for pulchritude
C15: from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher beautiful
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