different between voluptuous vs pulchritudinous

English

Etymology

From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuosus (“delightful”), from volupt?s (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /v??l?p.t?u.?s/

Adjective

voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)

1. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
2. (of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

Synonyms

• (pleasurable sensation): luxurious
• (curvaceous): See Thesaurus:voluptuous or Thesaurus:sexy

Derived terms

• voluptuously
• voluptuousness

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Further reading

• voluptuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• voluptuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• voluptuous at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Latin pulchrit?d? (“pulchritude”) +? -ous, from pulcher (“beautiful”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?lk???tju?d?n?s/

Adjective

pulchritudinous (comparative more pulchritudinous, superlative most pulchritudinous)

1. (literary) Having great physical beauty.
   • 1994, Orson Scott Card, The Ships of Earth [1]:

     But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls.

   • 1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [2]:

     “The first example in each series,” Mike offered, “would be, on the basis of my associational analyses of such data, of such pulchritudinous value as to please any healthy, mature human male.”

   • 1998, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Flamingo Fedora [3]:

     “I had standing instructions to let any pulchritudinous females into Mr. Cooke’s dressing room,” Mike admitted.

     “Pulchritudinous? He really said that?”

     “No, I said that.”

Synonyms

• comely

Derived terms

• pulchritudinously

Related terms

• pulchritude

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