adj
Meaning 1
Having great physical beauty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
pulchritudinous
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/ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
That endows pulchritude; beautifying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
used of persons only; having great physical beauty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pulchritudinous movie stars
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From Latin pulchritūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher + -tūdō. By surface analysis, pulchritude + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 美麗 /美丽 (měilì) — having great physical beauty
- Danish: fager — having great physical beauty
- Finnish: hyvännäköinen — having great physical beauty
- French: somptueux — having great physical beauty
- Ancient Greek: καλός (kalós) — having great physical beauty
- Hebrew: יפה תואר — having great physical beauty
- Icelandic: fagur — having great physical beauty
- Icelandic: fallegur — having great physical beauty
- Japanese: 美しい — having great physical beauty
- Latin: pulcher — having great physical beauty
- Polish: urodziwy — having great physical beauty