pulchrituden.

Brit.

/ˈpʌlkrᵻtjuːd/,

/ˈpʌlkrᵻtʃuːd/, U.S.

/ˈpəlkrəˌt(j)ud/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s pulcritude, 1500s pulchrytude, 1500s pulcritud, 1500s pulcrytude, 1500s– pulchritude; Scottish pre-1700 puchritud, pre-1700 pulchritud, pre-1700 pulcritud, pre-1700 pulcritude, pre-1700 1700s– pulchritude.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pulcritude; Latin pulchritūdō.

Etymology: < Middle French pulcritude, pulchritude (second half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin pulchritūdō (also pulcritūdō) beauty, attractiveness < pulchr- , pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.) + -itūdō -itude comb. form. Compare Catalan pulcritud (end of 13th cent. as pulcritut), Spanish pulcritud (c1500 as pulcritut; compare earlier †pulcritudo (a1400 in an isolated attestation)).

1. Beauty. Now somewhat archaic and literary. N.E.D. (1909) notes: ‘Rare in British use since 17th cent.; more used in U.S.’

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun]

wlitec825

faireOE

fairnessOE

fairlecc1225

fairheadc1300

fairshipc1300

forma1382

clearnessa1400

beautyc1405

delicacya1450

pulchritudea1460

speciositya1470

lovelinessa1500

beautifulnessc1500

formosityc1500

fairhood?1503

bewtynes?c1510

decorea1513

venusty1559

decorum1604

bellitude1623

beauteousnessa1631

loveliheada1637

decor1656

luculency1656

Venus1657

coquetry1794

beautyhood1832

glamour1840

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 148 (MED) Themanuel..Hath ostis angelik..That noon of hem, nor persone erthly, woote Their numbir or vertue or pulcritude.

a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 74 (MED) O pierles princes, thy pulcritude Was so indewed wyth dalyaunce.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxx^v Your noble persone, so formed & figured in shape and stature with force and pulchritude.

1584 W. Averell Dyall for Dainty Darlings 34 sig. eij The daughter of a ritch Knight, whose pulchritude so pleasaunt, whose beautie vnblemisht, whose feature well framed, but cheefelie, whose dowrie delightfull.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 97 Amabilitie, Desiderabilitie,..Pulchritude, Iucunditie.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 78 There is great pulchritude and comliness of Proportion in the Leaves.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Against Apion ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 1011 He represented God as..superior to all mortal conceptions in pulchritude.

a1771 C. Smart Hymns for Amusem. Children (1772) xiv. 28 I've seen thee in an homely face, Excel by pulchritude of mind.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 275 Both mother and grandmother cried out against me, notwithstanding my present pulchritude.

1897 Outing 30 468/2 Possessing little or no pulchritude.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. p. xxxviii, (advt.) The alleged lack of pulchritude among the young ladies of the radical movement in New York.

1976 C. James in Observer 20 June 21/3 The late Kenneth Slessor, in his prose as much as in his poetry, probably came nearest to evoking the sheer pulchritude of Sydney harbour.

2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never vi. 70 There has been a resurgence with many women skating and getting attention for their skills instead of their pulchritude.

2. As a count noun. A beauty; a beautiful quality or feature. Chiefly U.S. in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > qualities constituting

beautya1425

beautiful1561

pulchritude1625

fair1633

1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks iii. ii To make ditties and ferses upon her mistress' beauties and pulchritudes.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xiv. 583 It was thought to be a Pulchritude in their Stile.

1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. 66/2 All the Pulchritudes, Pomps and Delicacies of the Spouse in the Canticles the Church hath apply'd to the Queen of the World.

1795 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Fable of Cupid & Psyche 122 Th' unknown pulchritudes of mystic forms.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. v. 91 I went for grace, and began to show out a few of my ineffable pulchritudes.

1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 117 A sketch of your life, genius, exploits, successes, accomplishments, virtues, family antecedents, personal pulchritudes.

1927 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 15 Oct. 4/3 Her bust measure has not been published, neither do we know the real facts about any of her curves, wave lengths or girth pulchritudes.

2003 C. Keller Theol. of Becoming xiii. 213 He is not complaining about these fleshly, even feminine pulchritudes of language.

Derivatives

† pulchritudeness n. Obsolete Apparently only in the works of Andrew Borde.

ΚΠ

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxiiii Bewty fayrenes or pulcritudnes the which is a deceyueable grace.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 119 Suche a brydge of pulcritudnes, that in all the worlde there is none lyke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulchritude
释义	pulchrituden. Brit. /ˈpʌlkrᵻtjuːd/, /ˈpʌlkrᵻtʃuːd/, U.S. /ˈpəlkrəˌt(j)ud/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s pulcritude, 1500s pulchrytude, 1500s pulcritud, 1500s pulcrytude, 1500s– pulchritude; Scottish pre-1700 puchritud, pre-1700 pulchritud, pre-1700 pulcritud, pre-1700 pulcritude, pre-1700 1700s– pulchritude. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pulcritude; Latin pulchritūdō. Etymology: < Middle French pulcritude, pulchritude (second half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin pulchritūdō (also pulcritūdō) beauty, attractiveness < pulchr- , pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.) + -itūdō -itude comb. form. Compare Catalan pulcritud (end of 13th cent. as pulcritut), Spanish pulcritud (c1500 as pulcritut; compare earlier †pulcritudo (a1400 in an isolated attestation)). 1. Beauty. Now somewhat archaic and literary. N.E.D. (1909) notes: ‘Rare in British use since 17th cent.; more used in U.S.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] wlitec825 faireOE fairnessOE fairlecc1225 fairheadc1300 fairshipc1300 forma1382 clearnessa1400 beautyc1405 delicacya1450 pulchritudea1460 speciositya1470 lovelinessa1500 beautifulnessc1500 formosityc1500 fairhood?1503 bewtynes?c1510 decorea1513 venusty1559 decorum1604 bellitude1623 beauteousnessa1631 loveliheada1637 decor1656 luculency1656 Venus1657 coquetry1794 beautyhood1832 glamour1840 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 148 (MED) Themanuel..Hath ostis angelik..That noon of hem, nor persone erthly, woote Their numbir or vertue or pulcritude. a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 74 (MED) O pierles princes, thy pulcritude Was so indewed wyth dalyaunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxx^v Your noble persone, so formed & figured in shape and stature with force and pulchritude. 1584 W. Averell Dyall for Dainty Darlings 34 sig. eij The daughter of a ritch Knight, whose pulchritude so pleasaunt, whose beautie vnblemisht, whose feature well framed, but cheefelie, whose dowrie delightfull. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 97 Amabilitie, Desiderabilitie,..Pulchritude, Iucunditie. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 78 There is great pulchritude and comliness of Proportion in the Leaves. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Against Apion ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 1011 He represented God as..superior to all mortal conceptions in pulchritude. a1771 C. Smart Hymns for Amusem. Children (1772) xiv. 28 I've seen thee in an homely face, Excel by pulchritude of mind. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 275 Both mother and grandmother cried out against me, notwithstanding my present pulchritude. 1897 Outing 30 468/2 Possessing little or no pulchritude. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. p. xxxviii, (advt.) The alleged lack of pulchritude among the young ladies of the radical movement in New York. 1976 C. James in Observer 20 June 21/3 The late Kenneth Slessor, in his prose as much as in his poetry, probably came nearest to evoking the sheer pulchritude of Sydney harbour. 2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never vi. 70 There has been a resurgence with many women skating and getting attention for their skills instead of their pulchritude. 2. As a count noun. A beauty; a beautiful quality or feature. Chiefly U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > qualities constituting beautya1425 beautiful1561 pulchritude1625 fair1633 1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks iii. ii To make ditties and ferses upon her mistress' beauties and pulchritudes. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xiv. 583 It was thought to be a Pulchritude in their Stile. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. 66/2 All the Pulchritudes, Pomps and Delicacies of the Spouse in the Canticles the Church hath apply'd to the Queen of the World. 1795 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Fable of Cupid & Psyche 122 Th' unknown pulchritudes of mystic forms. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. v. 91 I went for grace, and began to show out a few of my ineffable pulchritudes. 1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 117 A sketch of your life, genius, exploits, successes, accomplishments, virtues, family antecedents, personal pulchritudes. 1927 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 15 Oct. 4/3 Her bust measure has not been published, neither do we know the real facts about any of her curves, wave lengths or girth pulchritudes. 2003 C. Keller Theol. of Becoming xiii. 213 He is not complaining about these fleshly, even feminine pulchritudes of language. Derivatives † pulchritudeness n. Obsolete Apparently only in the works of Andrew Borde. ΚΠ 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxiiii Bewty fayrenes or pulcritudnes the which is a deceyueable grace. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 119 Suche a brydge of pulcritudnes, that in all the worlde there is none lyke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1460
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