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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Characterized by or having great physical beauty and appeal.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. literary Having great physical beauty.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. used of persons only; having great physical beauty

Etymologies

  1. Latin pulchritūdō ("pulchritude") +‎ -ous, from pulcher ("beautiful") + -tūdō. (Wiktionary)

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  • biocon In addition, pulchritudinous means "that endows pulchritude; beautifying" (Oxford English Dictionary). Sep 3, 2011

  • itz_chucknorris its funny that this word means that ur physically beautiful...... it sounds like something disgusting!!!!!!!! Oct 28, 2010

  • dewiclark29 I love this word.... physically beautiful; comely. Per dictionary.com/ Aug 27, 2009

  • nuxiy "If you've ever wanted to know just how much better your life would be if you were pulchritudinous, rich, and a creative genius - it's your lucky day."
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  • madmouth the word that sounds the least like its meaning. one could be forgiven for taking 'you're so pulchritudinous' as an insult Apr 13, 2009

  • Telofy Correct me if I'm at fault, but to me "pulchritudinous" sounds quite superficial in comparison to "beautiful"... Sep 22, 2008

  • seanahan We have to have something to rhyme with multitudinous. Jun 12, 2008

  • chained_bear Titan arum, yarb? Wow! That's just tits! Jun 11, 2008

  • reesetee I'm with c_b, but I don't think that hard about the word. I just like the way it sounds. :-) Jun 10, 2008

  • yarb I couldn't deny any word the right to exist, assuming words have rights, but this is still a sickly, cloying titan arum of an adjective.

    I've got no problem with its retronymity or otherwise, however. It's not a badly-constructed word; Shevek's diagram should read as follows:

    Beauty -> Beautiful
    Beauty = Pulchritude
    So Pulchritudinous = having the attribute of beauty

    'Beautifulness' is a red herring. Jun 10, 2008

  • sionnach I'm with c_b on this. I'm not an avid fan of this word, but it certainly has as much right to exist as any other adjective, and more than some, Shevek's somewhat specious-looking little diagram notwithstanding. Jun 10, 2008

  • chained_bear I love this word. I will love it no matter how many other people hate it. *shouts defiance to the skies* Pulchritudinous!! Jun 10, 2008

  • shevek What an atrocious retronym!

    Beauty -> Beautiful -> Beautifulness
    Beautifulness = Pulchritude
    So Pulchritudinous = having the attribute of beautifulness Jun 10, 2008

  • reesetee Yarb, don't hold back--tell us how you really feel. Mar 13, 2008

  • yarb I can't stand this word - it sounds grotesque; it makes me think of pustules and puke! And those lurching trochees! Mar 13, 2008

  • chained_bear I said this just today, when a bunch of college students jogged by us wearing next to nothing. :) Nov 11, 2007

  • wordup Interesting. I didn't know the word is supposed to be confined to people only as Burger King or some other chain used it to describe their hamburgers in a commercial. Nov 11, 2007

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