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Beautiful, hot, sexy, or not???

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  1. vernon olson says: 9
    July 5, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Great word Marina, it describes your beauty in one word!

  2. stigmatasaurus says: 8
    January 2, 2009 at 10:51 am

    :smile: Wow! What a difference a year or so makes! Not only has our dear teacher gotten smoother in her delivery of the lessons (and is using a better webcam), but her eye makeup has become, what, more refined? I always say, a little goes a long way. And there’s no need to gild the lily.

  3. leonard says: 7
    December 3, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    you do know what, you are talking about

  4. exoman says: 6
    May 15, 2008 at 8:05 am

    how about “turpitude” as in moral turpitude.? :?: :?:

  5. ritalate says: 5
    May 12, 2008 at 11:47 am

    that’s great because i stole a “Pulchritude” magnet from starbucks (not that I actually stole anything) when they were promoting Akeelah and the Bee. It’s on my car now.

  7. jcnick says: 3
    February 3, 2008 at 4:49 am

    Hello Marina,

    Here is a quote of mine:

    Quote:
    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; Intellect is an attribute that you behold!

    Tech Spec. Breakdown:
    Beauties you behold divine lady; you are the beholder of intellect!

    Would you be so kind dear lady and explain the word: ‘Behold’ and these related words: Beholden, beholder?

    Thank you pulchritudinous lady!

    • steveclaycombe says: 3.1
      July 15, 2008 at 7:17 am

      This is a second to jcnick’s word request for “Behold”.

      Jcnick’s quote is excellent. The application of “Behold” to intellect is relevant to Marina’s key phase “intelligence is sexy” as jcnick states “you are the beholder of intellect”.

      Others have their own beholden beauties which are also attributes valued no doubt partly by cultural influences. Since Marina hasn’t made a word lesson for “sexy” yet, let’s use a common meaning of “appealing for sex” consistent with her synonyms for “Pulchritudinous” as gorgeous, hot, good looking, alluring.

      To put aside cultural influences in this discussion and stay with Marina’s application of “Pulchritudinous” to women, consider the attributes of desirable female mates common to all cultures. Let’s use this quote from Dr. Brizendine (The Female Brain, p63) “men prefer physically attractive wives … clear skin, bright eyes, full lips, shiny hair and curvy hourglass figures … strong visual markers of fertility”, e.g. Marina.

      So using fertility as a assumed attribute of beholden beauty by men, jcnick’s word request for “Behold” opens the door for Marina to provoke student thought regarding what else they behold as beautiful, sexy, whatever direction she wants.

      The etymology of “Behold” from behaldan or behealdan as “give regard to, hold in view” could use some explanation as to the later use of “Beholden” as ‘indebted”, i.e. a job for a philologist.

  9. jcnick says: 1
    February 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Hello Marina,

    Great video!

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