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Monday, 15 February 2016

Word of the Day : Pulchritude

Word of the Day : February 15, 2016

Pulchritude

noun / PUHL-kruh-tood/

Definition

: physical comeliness

Examples

The snowboarder's talent won her many medals, and her pulchritude gained her much attention from sponsors looking for a spokeswoman.

"Though the actress playing the queen has the requisite pulchritude, she lacks the gravitas to convince us that she's a 41-year-old, with a lifetime's experience and heartache." — Lee Randall, The Edinburgh Evening News, 11 Aug. 2015

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