summum pulchrumn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌməm ˈpʌlkrəm/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈpʊlkrᵿm/, U.S.

/ˌsəməm ˈpəlkrəm/,

/ˌsʊmᵿm ˈpʊlkrᵿm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum pulchrum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin summum pulchrum (12th cent.) < classical Latin summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + pulchrum , neuter of pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.), used as noun. Compare earlier summum bonum n., summum malum n.Compare the following earlier example of the Latin phrase in an English context:1677 F. Craven Æternalia vi. 100 God..is Summum verum, summum pulchrum & summum bonum; The chiefest truth, the chiefest beauty and chiefest good.

The highest or supreme beauty.

ΚΠ

1849 A. H. Clough in T. Burbidge & A. H. Clough Ambarvalia 49 The Summum Pulchrum rests in heaven above.

1933 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 33 167 Beauty, unlike goodness, has various orders,..and in no one of these orders, still less in all of them taken together, is there one perfect degree or form, a summum pulchrum.

2016 G. Teschner & A. Tomasi Turning toward Technol. i. 29 As efficiency defines what is good and beautiful, the ethical/religious and aesthetic questions of the summum bonum and summum pulchrum are perpetually deferred.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summum pulchrum
释义	summum pulchrumn. Brit. /ˌsʌməm ˈpʌlkrəm/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈpʊlkrᵿm/, U.S. /ˌsəməm ˈpəlkrəm/, /ˌsʊmᵿm ˈpʊlkrᵿm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin summum pulchrum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin summum pulchrum (12th cent.) < classical Latin summum , neuter singular of summus highest (see sum n.¹) + pulchrum , neuter of pulcher beautiful (see pulchrous adj.), used as noun. Compare earlier summum bonum n., summum malum n.Compare the following earlier example of the Latin phrase in an English context:1677 F. Craven Æternalia vi. 100 God..is Summum verum, summum pulchrum & summum bonum; The chiefest truth, the chiefest beauty and chiefest good. The highest or supreme beauty. ΚΠ 1849 A. H. Clough in T. Burbidge & A. H. Clough Ambarvalia 49 The Summum Pulchrum rests in heaven above. 1933 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 33 167 Beauty, unlike goodness, has various orders,..and in no one of these orders, still less in all of them taken together, is there one perfect degree or form, a summum pulchrum. 2016 G. Teschner & A. Tomasi Turning toward Technol. i. 29 As efficiency defines what is good and beautiful, the ethical/religious and aesthetic questions of the summum bonum and summum pulchrum are perpetually deferred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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