pulchritude
noun

- great physical beauty and appeal

- beauty, especially a woman's beauty

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WORD ORIGIN

This mid-15th century word comes from the Latin pulchritudō, which means "beauty" or "loveliness". It is formed from the adjective pulcher, meaning "beautiful", and the suffix -tūdō, which means "quality" or "state".

It is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe physical beauty that is considered to be both attractive and bodily perfect.

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WHAT IS BEAUTY?

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"True beauty lies within." - Unknown

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty." - John Keats

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." - Coco Chanel

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SYNONYMS

Aesthetic appeal, angelic aspect, beauty, beauty divine, bodily perfection, bonniness, captivation, charmingness, comeliness, dazzlingness, embodiment of perfection, enthrallment, eternal beauty, goddess, gorgeousness, handsomeness, heaven-sent aspect, loveliness, picture of beauty, PULCHRITUDE, statuesque, utter perfection, walking picture

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