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pulchritude

ˈpʌlkrɪˌtuːdnoun

What does pulchritude mean?

Physical beauty, usually a person’s.

Pulchritude, six ways

PlainPhysical beauty, usually a person’s.
ADHDBeauty. The word is ugly. The thing is not.
Gen ZA word for beauty that sounds like a skin condition.
MetaphorA rose named after a toad.
FormalBeauty, especially of a person.
Like I’m 5A fancy word that just means being beautiful. That’s pulchritude.

How to pronounce pulchritude

PUL-krih-tood/ˈpʌlkrɪˌtuːd/

Pulchritude in a sentence

The portrait captures her pulchritude.
The pageant celebrated pulchritude, mostly.
Poets once wrote odes to their beloved’s pulchritude.

Synonyms for pulchritude

beautyPlainer, and better.
lovelinessGentle beauty.
attractivenessNeutral and modern.

Where pulchritude comes from

Latin. Pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful. A famously ugly word for beauty.

Good to know

A heavy word for a light thing, which is why it is mostly used with a wink today.

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