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pulchritude|ˈpʌlkrɪtjuːd|
Also 5–7 pulcri-, 6 pulc(h)ry-.
[ad. L. pulchri-, pulcritūdo, f. pulcher, pulcer beautiful: see -tude.]
Beauty.
Rare in British use since 17th c.; more used in U.S.
c1400Beryn 1109 Of som fair lusty lady, þat of pulcritude Were excellent al othir. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 213 Equalite of complexion.., rectitude of stature, and pulcritude of figure. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 90 b, Your noble persone, so formed and figured in shape and stature with force and pulchritude. 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 94 There is great pulchritude and comliness of Proportion in the Leaves. 1737Whiston Josephus, Agst. Apion ii. (1755) IV. 388 He represented God as..superior to all mortal conceptions in pulchritude. 1804Southey Lett. (1856) I. 275 Both mother and grandmother cried out against me, notwithstanding my present pulchritude. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 468/2 Possessing little or no pulchritude.
b. With a and pl. A beauty.
1625Shirley Love-Tricks iii. ii, To make ditties and ferses upon her mistress' beauties and pulchritudes. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 583 It was thought to be a pulchritude in their stile.
So † ˈpulchritudeness (erron.) in same sense.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. i. (1870) 119 Suche a brydge of pulcritudnes, that in all the worlde there is none lyke. 1547― Brev. Health ccxcvii. 97 b, Beauty, fayrenes, or pulcritudines, the whiche is a deceyvable grace. |