Pulchritudinous (adj)
pul-krit-ood-in-us
physically beautiful; comely.
Pulchritudinous comes from the Latin word pulchritūdō, meaning “beauty.” Pulchritūdō also gives us pulchritude, meaning “physical beauty,” which was first recorded in the 1400s.
Example sentences
“The sunset painted the sky with pulchritudinous hues of pink and gold.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
