pulchritude
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pulchritude
- /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/
- [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd] UK
- [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd] US
Where it comes from
From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).
noun pulchritudes
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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 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020074600/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-8.html
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Similar: comeliness, attractiveness, beautifulness, beauty, good-lookingness, gorgeousness, loveliness, prettiness, pulchritude
Translations
Talk about this word "pulchritude." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pulchritude. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pulchritude. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pulchritude "pulchritude." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pulchritude.Cite this
@misc{pulchritude_2026,
title = {pulchritude},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pulchritude},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
