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Physical beauty
Answer for the clue "Physical beauty ", 11 letters:
pulchritude
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Word definitions for pulchritude in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. physical beauty (especially of a woman)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pulchritude \Pul"chri*tude\, n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.] That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. --Court of Love. Attractive moral excellence; moral ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Physical beauty.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"beauty," c.1400, from Latin pulchritudo "beauty; excellence, attractiveness," from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin.
Usage examples of pulchritude.
Austin was so burdened with pulchritude, although she had observed that bodies here ran to a taut, lean look quite unlike the mesomorphs back home.
He was pleased by the pulchritude of the cigarette girl-and startled by her costume.
Taylor headed toward the door, only to find her way blocked by two hundred pounds of male pulchritude with big feet jammed into hand-stitched size 13 cowboy boots.
He wasn't sure whether to classify her as a dread dowager or not--her bright brown eyes and smooth chocolate hands were pretty enough, but the rest of her was swathed in yards of creamy silk edged with gold embroidery that suggested a zaftig pulchritude, like a very enticing mattress.