Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUL'CHRI-TUDE
PUL'CHRI-TUDE, n. [L. pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful.]
- Beauty; handsomeness; grace; comeliness; that quality of form which pleases the eye. – Brown. More.
- Moral beauty; those qualities of the mind which good men love and approve. – South.
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