pulchritudinous

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Adjective
  • Mercury, the messenger, is embracing beauteous Venus in your 10th House of Drive.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There’s beauteous simplicity to a pot of ordinary grains made with the most minimal of tools.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Use of herbicides requires caution to avoid harming desirable plants and ensure the safety of yourself and others.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Macron underscored the need for European industry to innovate and win back consumers with better, more desirable products that will finance the EU’s defense goals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • On World Rhythms, Lockwood trusts the listener to hear the arc of its noises, to trace their emergence and disappearance, their strange, seductive confluence.
    Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Together, Venus and Pluto create a blend of seductive charm, substance and intellectual stimulation.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Although Duchossois’ acquisition of Arlington Park in 1983 and his ownership of the luxurious track overshadowed his achievements as a breeder, his beautiful Hill ‘N Dale Farm near Barrington was a model breeding farm, as impressive as any of those in Kentucky.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • To some extent, the cool commercial logic of the fashion industry—which transforms beautiful, original works into cheaply reproducible goods, season after season—echoes that of Hollywood, which regularly cannibalizes and, yes, franchises its greatest successes.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These luscious green leaves can also get quite big, putting on a tropical show in your bathroom.
    Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
  • Ideally, your fern should look luscious and green with perky leaves.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Adjective
  • Red varieties are highly attractive to hummingbirds, while butterflies and other pollinators also frequent the showy blooms.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • The document says Jones put in place attractive incentives so officers would retire before their terms were up.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • The action has Kemp's signature sexy style and Abbott Elementaryfans will delight in seeing Law take on a much different role.
    Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • After 10 years of depriving us of their silky, sexy acoustic R&B sounds, only one thing is certain — the number of babies conceived after the show is sure to be off the charts.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Use trailing varieties as spillers or to fill hanging baskets, and mounding varieties as gorgeous fillers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Want to capture a gorgeous meteor photo for yourself?
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 May 2026
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“Pulchritudinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulchritudinous. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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