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Meaning of "pulchritudinous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PULCHRITUDINOUS

pulchritudinous  [ˌpʌlkrɪˈtjuːdɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULCHRITUDINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pulchritudinous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PULCHRITUDINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pulchritudinous in the English dictionary

The definition of pulchritudinous in the dictionary is having physical beauty. Other definition of pulchritudinous is excellent in any sense.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PULCHRITUDINOUS


altitudinous
ˌæltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
broodiness
ˈbruːdɪnəs
curdiness
ˈkɜːdɪnəs
fortitudinous
ˌfɔːtɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
hebetudinous
ˌhɛbɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
heediness
ˈhiːdɪnəs
hirudinous
hɪˈruːdɪnəs
latitudinous
ˌlætɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
magnitudinous
ˌmæɡnɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
mucedinous
mjuːˈsiːdɪnəs
multitudinous
ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
nerdiness
ˈnɜːdɪnəs
paludinous
pəˈljuːdɪnəs
platitudinous
ˌplætɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
plenitudinous
ˌplɛnɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
rectitudinous
ˌrɛktɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
reediness
ˈriːdɪnəs
solitudinous
ˌsɒlɪˈtjuːdɪnəs
torpedinous
tɔːˈpiːdɪnəs
vicissitudinous
vɪˌsɪsɪˈtjuːdɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULCHRITUDINOUS

pul
pula
pulao
Pulau Pinang
pulchritude
Pulci
pule
puler
puli
pulicene
pulicide
pulingly
Pulitzer
Pulitzer prize
pulk
pulka
pull
pull a fast one
pull a fastie
pull about

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULCHRITUDINOUS

aluminous
bituminous
conterminous
coterminous
gelatinous
glutinous
heinous
luminous
mountainous
mucilaginous
mucinous
mutinous
nous
numinous
oleaginous
ominous
ruinous
spinous
vertiginous
villainous
voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of pulchritudinous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pulchritudinous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PULCHRITUDINOUS

Find out the translation of pulchritudinous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pulchritudinous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pulchritudinous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pulchritudinous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulchritudinous
570 millions of speakers

English

pulchritudinous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pulchritudinous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pulchritudinous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pulchritudinous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulchritudinous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pulchritudinous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pulchritudinous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulchritudinous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pulchritudinous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pulchritudinous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pulchritudinous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulchritudinous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pulchritudinous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pulchritudinous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुसंस्कृतपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güzel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulchritudinous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pulchritudinous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pulchritudinous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pulchritudinous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ωραίος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pulchritudinous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pulchritudinous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pulchritudinous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pulchritudinous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULCHRITUDINOUS»

The term «pulchritudinous» is regularly used and occupies the 73.044 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULCHRITUDINOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pulchritudinous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pulchritudinous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pulchritudinous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULCHRITUDINOUS»

Discover the use of pulchritudinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pulchritudinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pulchritudinous Poetry - The Body Earth: A Journey of Self ...
" Mythogony of the Mind: AIR APPARENT, A Journey of Self Through The Elements, Volume II will be available autumn, 2012...Michelle's favourite time of year.
Michelle Bravo, 2012
2
Revenge of the Drama Queen
Pulchritudinous. It means, 'having great physical beauty or appeal,' like you, baby doll.” Laura's face lit up, and she blushed slightly. “That's a wonderful word,” she said. “That's going to be my word for the day. The day is pulchritudinous.
A. Mizrachi, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... bonny, lovely, »beautiful Ana alluring, attractive, fascinating, charming (see under ATTRACT) beautiful adj Beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, bonny, comely , fair, beauteous, pulchritudinous, good-looking are comparable when they express ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Best Words
Insects of the day spend their brief existence in reiterated coition, lured by the smell of the inferiorly pulchritudinous extendified pudendal verve in dorsal region . Pretty Poll! —James Joyce, Ulysses, 1937 female possessing What I was looking ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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The Meister's Approach to Writing
I think he would call you pulchritudinous before you volunteered rather than after. Does anyone know what it means? Yes, Jill? I had a boyfriend who said I was a pulchritudinous woman. He said it meantI was a beautiful woman. That's right.
Richard Meister, 2001
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A Realistic Theory of Categories: An Essay on Ontology
Therefore, the attributes of being pretty and being pul- chritudinous are necessarily so related that whoever attributes the one also attributes the other. But John has no idea of what pulchritudinous means; and if we asked him whether it applied ...
Roderick M. Chisholm, 1996
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The Chortling Bard: Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for ...
Chapter 4 / -yt\,nck/\,Ai/\,font £vcryMn$ 71 81. badinage (witty and clever repartee ), pulchritudinous • LD - aphorism Paragraph - new person speaking Commas - compound sentence; introductory subordinate clause Quotation Pronouns - too ...
Jane Bell Kiester, 1998
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The Crossover
[pall-kre-too-den-nus] adjective Having great physical beauty and appeal. As in: Every guy in the lunchroom is trying to flirt with the new girl because she's so pulchritudinous. As in: I've never had a girlfriend, but ifI did, you better believe she'd ...
Kwame Alexander, 2014
9
The GRE Test For Dummies
Pretend that the question word is pulchritudinous and that, having gone through the Analogies portion of this book, you remember that pulchritudinous means beautiful. Choice A is beautiful. You're so pleased with yourself for remembering  ...
Suzee Vlk, Michelle Rose Gilman, Veronica Saydak, 2012
10
Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, ...
Replace words in an ad with “target vocabulary words” of more nuance and sophistication. For example, most students need see only the altered advertisement for the film Pretty Woman to understand pulchritudinous as a synonym for pretty ...
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULCHRITUDINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pulchritudinous is used in the context of the following news items.
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BWW Reviews: THE WELL OF HORNINESS Pumps Pulchritudinous
THE WELL OF HORNINESS, the current production playing at Theatre Project, has madcap motion, familiar characters, sexy action sequences/active sex ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
2
Poet's novel turns young sports lovers into book lovers
“Having great physical beauty and appeal, as in every guy in the lunchroom is trying to flirt with the new girl because she's so pulchritudinous, as in, I have never ... «PBS NewsHour, Mar 15»
3
From Jennifer Lopez To Kim Kardashian: How The Derriere Stole …
... to the lollipop with big cleavage, but now the desirable body shape has evolved to a pulchritudinous hourglass that places more value on butts over boobs. «Leadership Newspapers, Mar 15»
4
Chiugo Akaolisa: 4 Types People at Social Functions
They are well dressed and pulchritudinous in appearance. They spend their time mingling and walking around. Why shouldn't they? The Wall flowers are on the ... «Bella Naija, Dec 14»
5
Gadfly: Media gongs wrung out
On the free education front, Little Johnny Howard was fuming that the pulchritudinous Cate Blanchett hadn't given sufficient recognition to his patron saint, Pig ... «The Saturday Paper, Dec 14»
6
Now Hear This: Killer Snowmen, Greek Myths, Holiday Burlesque …
... featuring all the seasonally-appropriate pulchritudinous attitude adjustment you can handle. There'll be dollops of va-va-voom from Miss April, "Easter" Bunny ... «Baltimore City Paper, Dec 14»
7
Catch-up TV guide: from Glue to Seriously Distracted
A cast of pulchritudinous twentysomethings and a writer in Jack Thorne are the sole common elements between this brutal but bucolic drama and Skins, the ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
8
9 best Scottish fashion innovations
Pulchritudinous Scottish models include Stella Tennant, Kirsty Hulme and Fiona Campbell-Walter, a Kiwi of Scottish descent who became Baroness Von ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
9
Head Games: Why I Get My Hair Cut Around the Globe
Also, during Trinidad's Carnival, a pulchritudinous stylist had me blushing by “winin” in front of me to her favorite soca hits. image. The author, getting his hair cut ... «Yahoo News, Aug 14»
10
Spelling results: how did Telegraph readers fare?
... before adding '-ed'. More impressively though, 67 per cent of readers selected the correct spelling of 'pulchritudinous' - meaning physically beautiful. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»

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