pulchritudeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: pŭlʹkrĭ-tūdʹ
• IPA: /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/
• (英国発音) IPA: [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd]
• (米国発音) IPA: [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd]

名詞

pulchritude (usually uncountable, plural pulchritudes)

1. Physical beauty.
   • 1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 [1]

     One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.

   • 1979, The Jerk, 00:18:20:

     Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.

   Synonyms: comeliness; see also Thesaurus:beauty

派生語

• pulchritudinous