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 | "The rugged pulchritude of the American West is preserved in art and poetry from the 19th century." | "Artists lined up to paint the princess, who had a reputation of grace and pulchritude." | "My photos don't do justice to the pulchritude of the sunset over the ocean." |
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 | Latin, mid-15th century |
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 | As unbeautiful as the word may sound to your ears, "pulchritude" stems directly from the Latin "pulcher," which means "beautiful." The noun "pulchritude" is likely only used in a literary or poetic sense for "beauty," but there's also the adjective "pulchritudinous," which means "beautiful." ... |  |
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