pulchritude是什么意思

pulchritude

英 ['pʌlkrɪtjuːd]***美

中文词源

pulchritude 美丽，标致

来自拉丁语pulcher,美丽的，可能来自PIE*perk,有斑点的，多彩的，词源同perch,鲈鱼。-itude,名词后缀。字母r,l音变，比较plum,prune.

pulchritude (n.): "beauty," c. 1400, from Latin pulchritudo "beauty; excellence, attractiveness," from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin.