pulchritude

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\par "And I you, O pearl of pulchritude, and our grandchildren shall comfort us both."

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  1. noun Great physical beauty and appeal.

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  • He looked over the sea of solid, massive, blonde pulchritude, and a rude old saw of his fathers came back to him: "Strong like bull, dumb like ox, hitch to plow when horse dies, good hips for babies ..." —  Fortress Of Frost And Fire
  • "He's a Gamesman, you know, with an eye to pulchritude." —  Juxtaposition
  • Picked less for pulchritude and more for vestiges of Talent. —  The Rowan
  • He looked over the sea of solid, massive, blonde pulchritude, and a rude old saw of his father's came back to him: "Strong like bull, dumb like ox, hitch to plow when horse dies, good hips for babies ..." —  Fortress Of Frost And Fire
  • \par "And I you, O pearl of pulchritude, and our grandchildren shall comfort us both." —  Massage
 

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  1. Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher, pulchr-, beautiful.

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  1. from Middle English pulcritude, from Old French *pulcritude = Spanish pulcritud = Portuguese pulchritude, from Latin pulchritudo, pulcritudo, beauty, from pulcher, pulcer, Old Latin polcer, beautiful.
 

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/ˈpəlkrɪtjud/
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