"pulchritudinous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpʌlkɹɪˈtjuːdɪnəs/ Audio: en-us-pulchritudinous.ogg [US] Forms: more pulchritudinous [comparative], most pulchritudinous [superlative]
Etymology: Latin pulchritūdō (“pulchritude”) + -ous, from pulcher (“beautiful”) + -tūdō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pulchritūdō||pulchritude}} Latin pulchritūdō (“pulchritude”), {{suffix|en||ous}} + -ous, {{m|la|pulcher||beautiful}} pulcher (“beautiful”), {{m|la|-tūdō}} -tūdō Head templates: {{en-adj}} pulchritudinous (comparative more pulchritudinous, superlative most pulchritudinous)
  1. (literary) Having great physical beauty. Tags: literary Translations (having great physical beauty): καλός (kalós) (Ancient Greek), 美麗 (Chinese Mandarin), 美丽 (měilì) (Chinese Mandarin), fager (Danish), hyvännäköinen (Finnish), somptueux [masculine] (French), יפה תואר (Hebrew), fagur [masculine] (Icelandic), fallegur [masculine] (Icelandic), 美しい (Japanese), pulcher (Latin), urodziwy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pulchritudinous-en-adj-RtY5ljn7 Disambiguation of 'having great physical beauty': 97 3
  2. (obsolete, rare) That endows pulchritude; beautifying. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-pulchritudinous-en-adj-GId8pLp0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 16 84 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comely Derived forms: pulchritudinously Related terms: pulchritude

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