ˈpəlkrəˌtüd, -ə.ˌtyüd noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritudo, from pulchr-, pulcher beautiful + -i- + -tudo -tude; perhaps akin to Greek perknos dusky, dark — more at perch
: physical comeliness : beauty
the May queen and her court making a dazzling assemblage of pulchritude
a he-man, handsome with a certain bull-like pulchritude — W.A.White