Pŭl'chri-tūde, n.

noun

(30), n. [Lat. pulchritudo, from pulcher, beautiful; Sp. pulcritud, It. pulcritudine.]

Sense 1. That quality of external appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.

Piercing our hearts with thy pulchritude. Chaucer.

Sense 2. Hence, graceful and attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.