Word of the day: Pulchritude

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Definition from Dictionary.com

pul·chri·tude [puhl-kri-tood, -tyood]
–noun physical beauty; comeliness.
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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L pulchritūdō beauty, equiv. to pulchri- (comb. form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō -tude]

—Synonyms loveliness, beauteousness, fairness.

Comments

[ebony-sphynx.livejournal.com]

The word matches the day. Have you been outside in the past few hours? So perfect a day. Unless one desires rain in which case it falls short of perfect by a few miles.

I call:

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Short of perfect by a few miles. I'm enjoying this pulchritudinous day but still wishing for more...for more green, for more cool, for more wet. Years back I used to don my bikini and run out onto the lawn through the sprinklers. I wanna run and play in the rain. I wanna take long walks...have long talks. Hell, I'm falling in love w/PDX. Wheeeee!

[ebenbrooks.livejournal.com]

One of those words that sounds like it ought to mean its exact opposite.