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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by FroshKiller on Saturday September 26, 2020 @04:58PM (#24602063)
It means physical beauty, like an attractive appearance.
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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by Izkata on Saturday September 26, 2020 @08:10PM (#24603169)
Weird, I'd've guessed the opposite - the word looks as though it could've been related to "putrid".
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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by throwawgler87 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @08:57PM (#24603364)
Understandable. The meaning is easy to grasp intuitively if you've studied Latin for a semester or two and happen to know the word "pulchra." If not, I'm having trouble thinking of any cognates in English that are in any kind of common parlance.
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