Pulchritude

I love this word because to my ears, it has such an ugly sound and yet means something quite the opposite: physical beauty. Also, it is so much fun to ask those people who don’t know the word what they think it means. Their surprise when they find out is terrific

Alex S.
Santa Fe, NM

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3 comments to Pulchritude

• Rhian

  July 27, 2011 at 11:15 am

  I am going to go around asking people what they think this word means, now.

• Daniel J. Petrie

  September 11, 2011 at 3:24 pm

  I’ve always loved this word, and its adjectival form “pulchritudinous.” Also, their opposites, “apulchritude” and “apulchritudinous.”

• Cara

  September 11, 2011 at 3:38 pm

  That is a great word! I was wondering if others liked it as much as me. I wish I could somehow work it into a sentence, but I just dont see how.

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