I came across this list of the 100 most beautiful words in the English

[WCGreen]

language.

It's a cool list of some of my favorite words. Like Comely...


http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html

[sibelian]

1. and Ailurophile (cat-lover) is top of the list!

how fitting...

[freshwest]

2. Very nice.

[trof]

3. Embrocation - Rubbing on a lotion.

S'cuse me, I have to go embrocate some SPF 50.

[Kennah]

11. It embrocates or else turned on the hose's gates

That line just would NOT have worked in "Silence of the Lambs".

"What did Miggs say to you?"
"He said 'your cunt is redolent'".

Yep, also would not have worked.

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. is THAT what the kids are calling it nowadays? n/t

[Major Nikon]

19. Good way to impress your buddies, eh?

I'm going to skip the club tonight, guys. I'm going back to the dorm for some embrocation.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. thanks for the Lagniappe

:)

[nolabear]

8. Funny definition. We always use it to mean "a little something extra"

Like "one for good measure".

[graywarrior]

5. Awesome!

On my favorites now.

[fishwax]

6. My current favorite is sastruga (or zastruga), but it didn't make the list

It's the word for the grooves that form on a snowy surface as a result of wind erosion ...

[UndertheOcean]

7. very woody :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T70-HTlKRXo

[BlueJazz]

9. Don't care for a lot of his choices. Where's Flower..

Softly, silky, fluffy, bunnies, cool, quiet, flowing and many others..

[geardaddy]

15. Most of those words aren't English at all.

Sure we use 'em in English, but they're not "English"

[BlueJazz]

22. Ah...I understand. Thanks.

[elleng]

10. celler door

Years ago, I heard that was one of or the most beautiful!!!

[LiberalEsto]

18. I read that somewhere too

which I suspect is why Ursula Leguin named one of the islands in her Earthsea series Selidor.

[KT2000]

12. what about crinkum-crankum

I think there is a bias against "K's."

[Rowdyboy]

13. Great list.....Bookmark for later consideration

[HopeHoops]

14. defenestration, slubberdegullion, and ...

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

[NV Whino]

16. What, no interstices?

I love that word. Interstice: (in-turs-te-see) the space between things.

[Demoiselle]

20. Where is elbow?

And, for that matter, relish?

[deucemagnet]

21. I prefer languish to languor.

Also what about syncytium? (sin-SISH-um: a cell with two or more nuclei, in case you're wondering)

[Demoiselle]

24. You're right about languish.

Thanks for introducing me to syncytium.

[kayakjohnny]

23. Marcessant

I've liked it since I heard it nearly 5 years ago.

[Melissa G]

25. Thank you for petrichor

Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.