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Definition of pulchritude noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pulchritude

noun

/ˈpʌlkrɪtjuːd/

/ˈpʌlkrɪtuːd/

[uncountable] (literary)

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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher, pulchr- ‘beautiful’.

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