“pulchritudinous”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pulchritudinous

释义

pulchritudinous, a. orig. U.S.|pʌlkrɪˈtjuːdɪnəs|
[f. L. pulc(h)ritūdin-, pulc(h)ritūdo beauty + -ous.]
Beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; morally excellent.
1912L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xv. 217, I love my love with a P because he's Perfectly Pulchritudinous and Possesses the Power of Pleasing.1914‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 17 Pulchritudinous pippen, a pretty damsel. ‘A peach.’1925Times 13 Dec. 11/6 In an American paper, in which the Yarmouth councillors were described as ‘pulchritudinous’,..the word actually meant moral excellence.1949Chicago Tribune 21 Feb. i. 28/5 By us the hippopotamus..Is never counted pulchritudinous.1963Punch 13 Feb. 246/1 Such nice, pulchritudinous girls!1975Bookseller 20–27 Dec. 2720/1 An ageing tycoon and a pulchritudinous blonde half his years but nearly equal to him in experience.

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