Meaning of Pulchritude | Babel Free

Definitions

Physical beauty.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020074600/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-8.html One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.”

“Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.”

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