| Pronunciation: | | 'pulkri`tood
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] physical beauty (especially of a woman) |
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PULCHRITUDE is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | beauty, curvaceousness, shapeliness, voluptuousness |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pul"chri*tude\, n. [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.
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