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pulchritude


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pulchritude  \Pul"chri*tude\,  n.  [L.  pulchritudo,  fr  pulcher 
  beautiful.] 
  1.  That  quality  of  appearance  which  pleases  the  eye;  beauty; 
  comeliness;  grace;  loveliness. 
 
  Piercing  our  heartes  with  thy  pulchritude.  --Court 
  of  Love. 
 
  2.  Attractive  moral  excellence;  moral  beauty. 
 
  By  the  pulchritude  of  their  souls  make  up  what  is 
  wanting  in  the  beauty  of  their  bodies.  --Ray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pulchritude 
  n  :  physical  beauty  (especially  of  a  woman) 




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