The Wonderful World Of Words 1/12/17
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Today's word is Pulchritude
DEFINITION:
Noun
- having physical beauty; comeliness; great beauty, especially in a woman
Adjective
- attractive or beautiful; pleasing to one's eye
PRONUNCIATION:
[puhl-kri-tood, -tyood]
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USAGE:
"In 1929, during the Harlem Renaissance, Variety reported: "When it comes to pep, pulchritude, punch and presentation, the Harlem places have Broadway's distanced."
– Nina Siegal in the New York Times.
”It was ungracious to question the sincerity of those who pronounced Marian the belle of the ball when Colonel Ramsay, the supreme authority in Hoosier pulchritude, declared her to be the fairest rose in a rose-garden of girls.”
– A Hoosier Chronicle, By Meredith Nicholson
SYNONYMS:
Gorgeous; Beauteous; Exquisiteness
ANTONYM:
Homeliness; Inelegance; Ugliness
SCRABBLE SCORE
19
MORE ABOUT PULCHRITUDE
From the Latin adjective “pulcher”, meaning “beautiful”, “pulchritude” does not caress the ear as gently as its meaning leaving room for a likely misunderstanding if not used with care. Possibly, it may not be best to use at the pub on a Saturday night.
Do you use the word “PULCHRITUDE”?
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What a pulchritudinous post! :)
This is one of those words I knew from taking Latin in high school...
Well, thank you, kind @darth-azrael and well done on surviving high school Latin!