pulchritude
nounUK [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd] · US [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd]
Etymology From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).
1
Usually 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 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.
- Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.1979, The Jerk, 00:18:20:
- Derived terms
- pulchritudinous