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/pul'kri toohd"n euhs, -tyoohd"-/, adj.physically beautiful; comely.[1910-15, Amer.; < L pulchritudin- (s. of pulchritudo) + -OUS]
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pulchritudinous — 1912, Amer.Eng., from PULCHRITUDE (Cf. pulchritude) (Cf. L. pulchritudino beauty ) … Etymology dictionary
pulchritudinous — beauteous, good looking, comely, bonny, pretty, handsome, fair, lovely, *beautiful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pulchritudinous — adjective /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ Having physical beauty. But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls … Wiktionary
pulchritudinous — adjective used of persons only; having great physical beauty pulchritudinous movie stars • Similar to: ↑beautiful • Derivationally related forms: ↑pulchritude … Useful english dictionary
pulchritudinous — adjective see pulchritude … New Collegiate Dictionary
pulchritudinous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots: bonny. Idiom: easy on the eyes. See… … English dictionary for students
pulchritudinous — pul·chri·tu·di·nous || ‚pÊŒlkrɪ tuËdnÉ™s / tjuËdɪnÉ™s adj. beautiful, physically attractive … English contemporary dictionary
pulchritudinous — adj beautiful, Literary. beauteous, comely, fair, fair of face, lovely, pretty, Scot. bonny, Fr. joli; personable, seemly, sightly, attractive, well favored, Sl. easy on the eyes, Sl. not hard to look at, Inf. eye filling, good looking; shapely,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pulchritudinous — pul·chri·tu·di·nous … English syllables
pulchritudinous — /pʌlkrəˈtjudənəs/ (say pulkruh tyoohduhnuhs), /pʊl / (say pool ) adjective beautiful …
