pul·chri·tude \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 >