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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.

Definition 2024


pulchritude

pulchritude

English

Noun

pulchritude (usually uncountable, plural pulchritudes)

  1. Physical beauty.
    • 1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4
      One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.
    • 1979, The Jerk, 00:18:20
      Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.

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