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Webster 1913 Edition


Pulchritude

Pul′chri-tude

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pulchritude

PUL'CHRITUDE

,
Noun.
[L.pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful.]
1.
Beauty; handsomeness; grace; comeliness; that quality of form which pleases the eye.
2.
Moral beauty; those qualities of the mind which good men love and approve.