Pulchritude: Elevated Synonym for Physical Beauty

Pulchritude (noun) – great physical beauty or attractiveness. Derived from Latin pulchritudo (from pulcher, beautiful).

Usage Notes

• Formal, literary, or poetic register.
• Often used with a tone of admiration or irony.

Example Sentences

• The pulchritude of the alpine meadow took my breath away.
• Her pulchritude was the talk of the gala.
• The sculpture captures the pulchritude of youth.
• He wrote odes to the pulchritude of the sonnet form. (figurative)

Synonyms: beauty, loveliness, comeliness, gorgeousness.