Why this word is great
PULCHRITUDE — [Noun] A formal, lofty ideal of physical beauty, implying a noble and often classical perfection. From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō ("beauty"), from pulcher ("beautiful"). Unlike "loveliness," which suggests a gentle, endearing charm, or "comeliness," which implies a wholesome, rustic appeal, pulchritude is beauty as an austere and abstract principle. It is the cold geometry of a Doric column against an empty sky, the unblemished marble of a classical torso, and the distant symmetry of a winter constellation—a splendor that awes not with warmth, but with an inhuman and eternal order.