pulchritude
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: pŭlʹkrĭ-tūdʹ
- IPA(key): /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd]
Noun edit
pulchritude (usually uncountable, plural pulchritudes)
- 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 [1]
- 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.
- Synonym: comeliness
- 1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 [1]