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pulchritude
Jan. 5th, 2015 08:30 amA new year sounds like a good time to start off with a theme week -- especially since the next few words on my list start with P anyway. I declare P week!
pulchritude (PUHL-kri-tood) - n., physical beauty.
Especially in a woman. You can tell this is a formal/literary register word as many dictionaries also add comeliness, which is even more lit'ry to my ear. From Latin pulchritūdō, beauty, from pulcher, beautiful + an abstract noun ending.
---L.
pulchritude (PUHL-kri-tood) - n., physical beauty.
Especially in a woman. You can tell this is a formal/literary register word as many dictionaries also add comeliness, which is even more lit'ry to my ear. From Latin pulchritūdō, beauty, from pulcher, beautiful + an abstract noun ending.
---L.
