pulchritude |ˈpəlkrəˌt(y)oōd|noun poetic/literarybeauty.DERIVATIVESpulchritudinous |ˌpəlkrəˈt(y)oōdn-əs| adjectiveORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin pulchritudo, from pulcher, pulchr- ‘beautiful.’
Today's word is curtesy of Charlie Cochrane, who is an even biggest word nerd than I am.
I always think this one means the opposite, maybe because it starts with "pu", like putrid...
ReplyDeleteBefore yesterday I wouldn't have had the wildest guess what it meant, but the "chr" in the middle makes me think of things of old and arcane. Like old scrolls or a dais used in obscure rituals.
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