pulchritudinousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpʌlkrᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/,

/ˌpʌlkrᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˌpəlkrəˈt(j)udn̩əs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulchritūdin- , pulchritūdō , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pulchritūdin-, pulchritūdō pulchritude n. + -ous suffix.

†1. That endows pulchritude; beautifying. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 45 And Madam, to you his..Majesty, presents..a dozen of Frogs pulchritudinous, of Value inestimable, which being dry'd, beaten to a Powder, and drunk in Mornings Dew, have Vertue to renew Youth and Beauty.

2. Originally U.S. (chiefly literary and humorous). Esp. of a woman: beautiful, attractive.

ΘΚΠ

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

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society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > morally excellent

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1877 Puck (N.Y.) 5 Dec. 10/3 Fanny Davenport, the pulchritudinous and unpoetic, will play Shaksperian [sic] comedy..at Booth's Theatre next week.

1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xv. 217 I love my love with a P because he's Perfectly Pulchritudinous and Possesses the Power of Pleasing.

1963 Punch 13 Feb. 246/1 Such nice, pulchritudinous girls!

1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Aug. 22/7 He is helped by a bevy of pulchritudinous but sleazy women, who have a way with wearing clingy lingerie whenever their presence is required in a scene.

2005 People Weekly 4 Apr. 33 In a featherweight spoof of Charlie's Angels, a pulchritudinous covert crime fighter..falls for the world's leading female criminal.

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

单词	pulchritudinous
释义	pulchritudinousadj. Brit. /ˌpʌlkrᵻˈtjuːdᵻnəs/, /ˌpʌlkrᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˌpəlkrəˈt(j)udn̩əs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pulchritūdin- , pulchritūdō , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pulchritūdin-, pulchritūdō pulchritude n. + -ous suffix. †1. That endows pulchritude; beautifying. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iii. 45 And Madam, to you his..Majesty, presents..a dozen of Frogs pulchritudinous, of Value inestimable, which being dry'd, beaten to a Powder, and drunk in Mornings Dew, have Vertue to renew Youth and Beauty. 2. Originally U.S. (chiefly literary and humorous). Esp. of a woman: beautiful, attractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] smickerc725 faireOE lieflyOE sheenOE wenlichc1000 wlitic1000 lovesomec1175 lustya1240 flourisheda1375 lovelya1400 weenc1400 beauteous1435 beautifulc1443 finec1450 pulchriousa1500 speciousa1513 shanda1525 speciosea1525 pulchrousc1540 bonny1580 beauty1598 lovelike1621 killing1634 florid1642 beautied1830 stunning1849 fairsome1862 pulchritudinous1877 beaut1894 loverly1907 society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > morally excellent good-natured1561 pulchritudinous1877 1877 Puck (N.Y.) 5 Dec. 10/3 Fanny Davenport, the pulchritudinous and unpoetic, will play Shaksperian [sic] comedy..at Booth's Theatre next week. 1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xv. 217 I love my love with a P because he's Perfectly Pulchritudinous and Possesses the Power of Pleasing. 1963 Punch 13 Feb. 246/1 Such nice, pulchritudinous girls! 1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Aug. 22/7 He is helped by a bevy of pulchritudinous but sleazy women, who have a way with wearing clingy lingerie whenever their presence is required in a scene. 2005 People Weekly 4 Apr. 33 In a featherweight spoof of Charlie's Angels, a pulchritudinous covert crime fighter..falls for the world's leading female criminal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1706
随便看	to look on the positive side to look on the wine when it is red to look on with a different eye to look on with another eye to look one way and row another to look one's age to look one's best to look one's last to look one'the last to look oneself to look out to look out for to look out of to look out of a place to look over to look over one's shoulder to look parsnips to look right through to look right through a person to look round to look round about to look row to look seek trouble to look seven ways for sunday to look sharp