Things I hate #9,824: the word 'pulchritude'

Honestly. Who the hell came up with the word 'pulchritude', and why did they think it was a good idea?

www.dictionary.com has this to say about it:
–noun
physical beauty; comeliness.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L pulchritūdō beauty, equiv. to pulchri- (comb. form of pulcher beautiful) + -tūdō
Synonyms: loveliness, beauteousness, fairness

1350 to 1400, eh? I know the Middle Ages were tough, but give me a flippin' break. I'm not saying that every word has to be an onomatopoeia, but for crying out loud, words that mean beauty should at least sound a little bit pretty.

It's just such an ugly word. Say it. "Pulchritude." It even makes your face grimace when you say it. Maybe it was invented as a way to be sarcastic without the compliment's recipient realizing, some sort of a devious court politics maneuver. Whatever. It's lame. And you can pretty much bet that anyone that actually tries to use it in regular conversation (which does not include this blog, shut up) deserves to be beaten about the head with a dictionary.

For the record, "serendipitous" is probably my favorite word. Now that has a nice sound to it. Serendipitous. It's got a certain... pulchritudinousness... to it, don't you think? (*gag, retch* I feel all icky now, even just spoofing it. Jeez.)