pulchritudinous

• “I try to make sure my children know the meanings of several words when my youngest was about 2 or 3 she went through a stage using the word pulchritudinous she used it correctly but I had to look it up to find out exactly what it meant I think it is definitely up to us to teach our children the proper use of words.”

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• “Visual references are stitched through the language - old women were called 'gauna,' literally 'hot milk-skin'; you spoke not of being good but of appearing good; the most precious possession in the city were the well-born, pulchritudinous young men, the kalos k'athagos - the 'noble in mind and appearance.”

  The Washington Post: "The Hemlock Cup," a history of Socrates

• “In its fascination with girl-on-girl action, from longing glances and kissing to a climactic catfight that's less lurid than ludicrous, "Roommate" plays like the ultimate indulgence of leering Hollywood executives, eager to ogle pulchritudinous college girls and call it work.”

  The Washington Post: 'Roommate' movie review: Don't move in with Leighton Meester

• “The Duchess of Cambridge looks like a fairy-tale princess because she is slim and pulchritudinous, but ostensibly it's the long, blow-dried locks that ice the cake; ditto her potential lady in waiting, sister Pippa.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Taming of 'The Do'

• “So in summary, according to Mitt Romney: presidents can't create jobs, so vote for Mitt Romney for president to create jobs.6.41pm: Breaking news – sort of – an ABC News affiliate has got hold of the video lampooning Mitt Romney made by the pulchritudinous daughters of Jon Huntsman, one which was blocked by the Huntsman campaign.”

  The Guardian: South Carolina primary: Mitt Romney's rivals ask taxing questions

• “What would be wrong in having pulchritudinous young lovelies – cheerleaders doing splits and routines for all the waiting prospectives?”

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• “That being said, I thought it was done in a beautifully horrific manner, with some shots that are hauntingly pulchritudinous.”

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• “(We also distinctly remembered Reality Bites as set in Seattle and prominently featuring the pulchritudinous Badmotorfinger - era Chris Cornell, until we realized we were confusing it with Singles, which makes us feel as though dementia may be setting in early, but that is neither here nor there).”

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• “And then there was the notable exception of Picasso who, sui generis, seemed more a disembodied spirit of creative freedom and not just the matador shagging the pulchritudinous Dora and playing the picador to the imperious bullshit artist Sartre.”

  The Huffington Post: James Scarborough: "Leiris/Picasso," The Bootleg Theater

• “I just watched her new "Alejandro" video, in which Gaga, clad in nude underwear and black thigh-highs, simulates intercourse as a dancing team of built, hairless, pulchritudinous and semi-nude young men circumnavigates the bed.”

  The Huffington Post: Michele Somerville: Holy Gaga! A Catholic Defense of 'Alejandro'

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