pulchritudinous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin pulchritūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher + -tūdō. By surface analysis, pulchritude + -ous.
- Having great physical beauty.
“But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls.”
““The first example in each series,” Mike offered, “would be, on the basis of my associational analyses of such data, of such pulchritudinous value as to please any healthy, mature human male.””
- That endows pulchritude; beautifying.