Pulchritudinous

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒpÊŒlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnÉ™s/

Origin

Latin pulchritūdō ("pulchritude") + -ous, from pulcher ("beautiful") + -tūdō.

Full definition of pulchritudinous

Adjective

1. (literary) Having great physical beauty.
• 1994, Orson Scott Card, The Ships of Earth http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0812532635&id=7gfXxsbBlMUC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=pulchritudinous&sig=0rRZFt_qlJjfSJjGn3wFt2fS2d4:But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls.
• 1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0312863551&id=BekUbUYszIEC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=pulchritudinous&sig=ZvuCF54ZL1_TGu3t7yhCfG16Vac:“The first example in each series,” Mike offered, “would be, on the basis of my associational analyses of such data, of such pulchritudinous value as to please any healthy, mature human male.”
• 1998, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Flamingo Fedora http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0812565355&id=lU8wPXJ3OiMC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=pulchritudinous&sig=BBtkRVAYY69odrH7zFc7qi0qwus:“I had standing instructions to let any pulchritudinous females into Mr. Cooke’s dressing room,” Mike admitted.“Pulchritudinous? He really said that?”“No, I said that.”

Synonyms

• comely

Derived terms

• pulchritudinously

Related terms

• pulchritude