[ noun ] physical beauty (especially of a woman) <noun.attribute>
Pulchritude \Pul"chri*tude\, n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.] 1. That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. --Court of Love.
2. Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. --Ray.
Queen Kelly (1929) has Gloria Swanson alternating piety with pulchritude as a convent girl raised to royalty.