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Definition: Pulchritude |
PulchritudeNoun1. Physical beauty (especially of a woman). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pulchritude" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Pulchritude \Pul"chri*tude\, noun. [Latin expression pulchritudo, from pulcher beautiful.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry; comeliness, fairness; Adjective: polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure; trigness; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Second International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eighth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, May 21, 22, 23, Galveston, Texas, 1927. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, June 3, 4, 5, 1928, Galveston, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1930. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Review at Galveston, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pulchritude | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pulchritude"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bukuri (beauty, charm, glory, splendor, splendour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | красота (beauty, comeliness, fairness, glory, loveliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قشنگی , زیباءی (Beauty, Glee, Grace, Seeming, Sheen), خوش اندامی (Grace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | beauté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schönheit (beauty, belle, bonniness, elegance, elegancy, fairness, fineness, handsomeness, loveliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωματικό κάλλοσ, ωραιότησ (beautifulness, comeliness, handsomeness, prettiness), ωραιότητα (beautifulness, comeliness, fairness, handsomeness, prettiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יופי (aesthetics, beauty, charm, fine, loveliness, lovely, niceness, prettiness, splendor, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szépség (beaut, beauty, Belle, bloom, fairness, fineness, finery, finesse, niceness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kecantikan (attractiveness, daintiness, loveliness, sweetness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | avvenenza (comeliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulchritudepay pulcritude. (various references) красота (amenities, beauty, glory, good looks, loveliness). (various references) lepota (beauty, fairness, prettiness). (various references) hermosura (fairness, handsomeness, loveliness, sightliness), belleza (beauty, garnish, garnishee, lovely). (various references) skönhet (beauty, Belle, beuty, charms, concinnity, fairness, loveliness, lovely, prettiness). (various references) zarafet (daintiness, dainty, elegance, fineness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, spruceness, stylishness), güzellik (beauty, charms, comeliness, cosmetic, fairness, feminene charms, fineness, handsomeness, niceness, prettiness). (various references) миловидність (comeliness, loveliness, prettiness). (various references) vẻ đẹp (beauty, comeliness, handsomeness, loveliness, nattiness, sightliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pulchritude": pulchritudes. (additional references) | |
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"Pulchritude" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pulchitrude, pulchitude, pulchratude, pulchretude, pulchri, pulchritudo, pulchrityde, pulchtritude, pulcritude. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pulchritude" (pronounced 'Pul"chri*tude'): Acerbitude, Acritude, Altitude, Amaritude, Amplitude, Anxietude, Aptitude, Assuetude, Attitude, Beatitude, Certitude, Claritude, Colatitude, Consuetude, Crassitude, Crebritude, Decrepitude, Definitude, Fessitude, finitude, Firmitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, inaptitude, incertitude, ineptitude, inexactitude, infinitude, ingratitude, inquietude, lassitude, Lenitude, Lentitude, Limpitude, Lippitude, magnitude, Mansuetude, Mollitude, Multitude, Necessitude, Nigritude, Overmultitude, Pinguitude, Platitude, Plenitude, Promptitude, Quietude, rectitude. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-h-i-l-p-r-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: cultured, eldritch, philtred, pictured, upcurled. | |
-4 letters: chirped, clupeid, culprit, culture, cuprite, delphic, diluter, ditcher, ductile, ductule, eldrich, hirpled, hurtled, lichted, lurched, luthier, philter, philtre, picture, pitched, pitcher, predict, purlieu, thirled, tripled, utricle. | |
-5 letters: ceriph, chider, chield, childe, chuted, cipher, cither, clerid, credit, cupule, curdle, curite, curled, curule, cutler, delict, deltic, depict, dilute, direct. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-h-i-l-p-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: pulchritudes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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