Ah, you obviously never watched The Good Old Days back in the 70s - old time music hall where pulchitrudinous was oft used
Di x
What a marvelous word!! I wonder why we all noticed that one. I love it!! The word of the day!!!!!
Thesaurus; adjective
Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots bonny. Idioms: easy on the eyes.
WordNet; The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1: used of persons only; having great physical beauty
Yep....describes me to a T (or should that be tee....or even tea???)
Well there you go! I would have most likely slapped a person who used that word in my direction too! My new word for Thursday: pulchritudinous
Soooo, how would you be pronouncing that?
Lucinda
pulchritudinous: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
Handy little site...even has a function for hearing how it is said...you just have to make adjustments for the American accent!
Haha, thank you, now I know all!
Lucinda
Ladies and gentlemen, those magnificent examples of female pulchritude and luminosity,
direct from their global perambulations to the very boards of this supremely magnificent proscenium arch. I give you, famous groupies....
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