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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUL'CHRITUDE, n. [L.pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful.]
1. Beauty; handsomeness; grace; comeliness; that quality of form which pleases the eye.
2. Moral beauty; those qualities of the mind which good men love and approve.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: physical beauty (especially of a woman)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pulchritudin-, pulchritudo, from pulchr-, pulcher beautiful Date: 15th century physical comeliness • pulchritudinous adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. literary beauty. Derivatives: pulchritudinous adj. Etymology: ME f. L pulchritudo -dinis f. pulcher -chri beautiful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pulchritude Pul"chri*tude, n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.] 1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. --Court of Love. 2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty. By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. --Ray.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Beauty, comeliness, grace, loveliness.