Meanings
plural pulchritudes
- uncountableusuallyPhysical beauty.
Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.
1979, The Jerk, 00:18:201 more example
1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020074600/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-8.html One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.
Synonyms: comeliness, attractiveness, beautifulness, beauty, comeliness, good-lookingness, gorgeousness, loveliness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPhysical beauty.
Origin
- Latinpulchritūdō
- Middle Englishpulcritude
- Englishpulchritude
From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 體態美 /体态美
- 體態美 /体态美pulchritude
Dutch schoonheid
- schoonheidpulchritude
French vénusté, beauté
- vénustépulchritude
- beautépulchritude
German Schönheit
- Schönheitpulchritude
Italian pulcritudine, venustà
- pulcritudinepulchritude
- venustàpulchritude
Japanese 肉体美
- 肉体美pulchritude
Polish uroda
- urodapulchritude
Portuguese beleza
- belezapulchritude
Russian красота́
- красота́ (krasotá)pulchritude
Cite this entry
pulchritude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulchritude
“pulchritude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulchritude. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulchritude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulchritude.
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