Quality of appearance which pleases the eye
pulchritude \PUL-kruh-tood; -tyood\ (noun) - That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
"The epitome of feminine pulchritude among the Sara of Chad was the wearing of lip plates, inserted during childhood." -- A. Adu Boahen, "The Horizon History of Africa"
Pulchritude comes from Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher, "beautiful." The adjective form is pulchritudinous.
"The epitome of feminine pulchritude among the Sara of Chad was the wearing of lip plates, inserted during childhood." -- A. Adu Boahen, "The Horizon History of Africa"
Pulchritude comes from Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher, "beautiful." The adjective form is pulchritudinous.
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