The 100 most beautiful words in English

[Mayhem Vixen]

The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English (http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html) according to poet Robert Beard aka Dr. Goodword:

Aestivate
Ailurophile
Assemblage
Becoming
Beleaguer
Billet-doux
Brood
Bucolic
Bungalow
Chatoyant
Comely
Conflate
Cynosure
Dalliance
Demesne
Demure
Denouement
Desuetude
Desultory
Diaphanous
Dissemble
Dulcet
Ebullient
Effervescent
Efflorescence
Elision
Elixir
Eloquence
Embrocation
Emollient
Ephemeral
Epiphany
Erstwhile
Esculent
Ethereal
Evanescent
Evocative
Fetching
Felicitous
Fluke
Forbearance
Fugacious
Furtive
Gambol
Glamour
Gossamer
Halcyon
Imbrication
Imbroglio
Imbue
Incipient
Ineffable
Ingenue
Inglenook
Insouciance
Inure
Lagniappe
Lagoon
Languor
Lassitude
Leisure
Lilt
Lissome
Lithe
Luxuriant
Mellifluous
Moiety
Mondegreen
Murmur
Nemesis
Niveous
Odalisque
Offing
Onomatopoeia
Opulent
Palimpsest
Panacea
Panoply
Pastiche
Peccadillo
Penumbra
Petrichor
Plethora
Propinquity
Pyrrhic
Quintessential
Ratatouille
Redolent
Riparian
Ripple
Scintilla
Sempiternal
Seraglio
Serendipity
Surreptitious
Sumptuous
Sussurous
Symbiosis
Talisman
Tintinnabulation
Umbrageous
Umbrella
Untoward
Vestige
Viridescent
Waft
Wherewithal


So what are your favorite words :)?

[Asega]

A lot of them are not even really English but foreign loanwords... :eek:

[SuuT]

1.) Chocolate
2.) Chip
3.) Cookie

[Aemma]

1.) Chocolate
2.) Chip
3.) Cookie


I thought it was

1.) Cap'n
2.) Crunch
3.) :P


Oh my favourite word is "Mommie" :)

[Captain Blackbeard]

My favourite word is rather rude. It begins with the letter 'c' and sounds like hunt.

[Atlas]

Spiteful
Handsome
Awesome

[Rainraven]

Bubble
Disconcerting
Fork

:D
No idea why... I just like them :coffee:

[Tony]

A few words and names too I find cool

lotus
Luton
Barbican
dust
sound
tons
Snowdon
declare
flemish
motorbike
time
stream
clear
celtics
unfortunately
apart
navy
lieutenant
queen
muscle
t-storm
thunder

[Osweo]

Nice thread Foxie, but I have to comment on the list you pasted! :D

As LS rightly points out, most aren't English at all! :P

I don't even KNOW a fair few! Symptomatic of the nasty exoticism that often rules here... :mad: Especially with regard to Romance sounds and words. :rolleyes:

Foreign words in RED, unknown to me with a *;

[CENTER]
Aestivate
Ailurophile *
Assemblage
Becoming

Beleaguer
Billet-doux
Brood

Bucolic
Bungalow
Chatoyant*
Comely

Conflate
Cynosure*
Dalliance
Demesne
Demure
Denouement
Desuetude*
Desultory
Diaphanous*
Dissemble
Dulcet
Ebullient*
Effervescent
Efflorescence
Elision
Elixir
Eloquence
Embrocation*
Emollient*
Ephemeral
Epiphany
Erstwhile
Esculent*
Ethereal
Evanescent
Evocative
Fetching
Felicitous
Fluke
Forbearance
Fugacious*
Furtive
Gambol
Glamour
Gossamer
Halcyon
Imbrication*
Imbroglio*
Imbue*
Incipient
Ineffable
Ingenue*
Inglenook
Insouciance*
Inure*
Lagniappe*
Lagoon
Languor
Lassitude*
Leisure
Lilt
Lissome
Lithe
Luxuriant
Mellifluous*
Moiety
Mondegreen*
Murmur
Nemesis
Niveous*
Odalisque*
Offing
Onomatopoeia
Opulent
Palimpsest*
Panacea
Panoply
Pastiche
Peccadillo
Penumbra*
Petrichor*
Plethora
Propinquity*
Pyrrhic
Quintessential
Ratatouille
Redolent
Riparian
Ripple
Scintilla
Sempiternal*
Seraglio
Serendipity
Surreptitious
Sumptuous
Sussurous*
Symbiosis
Talisman
Tintinnabulation*
Umbrageous
Umbrella
Untoward
Vestige
Viridescent*
Waft
Wherewithal

Barely ANY English words there!
Okay, I 'sort of' know some of them with a *, but not quite as confidently as I'd like!

Words I like;
skrike
myther
bucket
sloshed
weevil
yuckle
chuckle
Plenty more, but I'll have to think!

[Soten]

Not beautiful necessarily, but I like them.

writhe
asunder
nutmeg
cloven
shallow
cutthroat
beaming
yonder
hither, thither
whither
wither
worn
tatters
shards
bombard
bombast
furnace

[Sookie]

Journey
Deep
Seed
Strength
Thorn
Forest
Power
Winter
Horizon
Science
Sense

:) Just a few nice words that came to mind.

[Osweo]

I like 'bum'. :P It's a great little word! I pronounce it with the 'u' in 'bull', of course.

strapping
thrashing
gurgle
spindly
strumpet
shuttlecock
whirligig
jiggle
rump
spacker
slavver
killer-diller
'kin'ell
'dy'ell
cowslip

[RoyBatty]

Chav
Oi
Innit
Bruv
Geeza
Plonker

:thumb001:

[Osweo]

Chav
Innit
Bruv
Geeza
Plonker

:thumb001:
I actually physically shudder on hearing these! Awful Southern squawkings!

[Captain Blackbeard]

I actually physically shudder on hearing these! Awful Southern squawkings!

In the case of the word 'innit' may I remind you northern monkeys that there is a west and an east down south of England, and the West (yes, with a capital) are the progenitors of the word 'innit'.

:disapproving

[RoyBatty]

I actually physically shudder on hearing these! Awful Southern squawkings!

Bruv you gotta lot to learn from us southern shitehounds :D

[Osweo]

In the case of the word 'innit' may I remind you northern monkeys that there is a west and an east down south of England, and the West (yes, with a capital) are the progenitors of the word 'innit'.

:disapproving
Hehe, I was actually waiting for you to pipe up an say summat! :P
You're not a 'Southerner', just a Yokel! :thumb001:

I can't actually picture 'innit' to myself in your accent... :confused: I'm trying it out under my breath now... Aye, it's nowhere near as bad as the SouthEast sound! :D

Exactly how different do you sound from Johnny Kingdom anyway? That's what I'm 'playing' in my head now!

[RoyBatty]

Exactly how different do you sound from Johnny Kingdom anyway? That's what I'm 'playing' in my head now!

Have you gentlemen conversed in "real life"?

[Osweo]

Have you gentlemen conversed in "real life"?

Nope. We wouldn't understand each other. It's like Chinese from Manchuria and Canton. We use the same hieroglyphics, that's all! :p

[RoyBatty]

heh :)

[Captain Blackbeard]

I can't actually picture 'innit' to myself in your accent... :confused: I'm trying it out under my breath now... Aye, it's nowhere near as bad as the SouthEast sound! :D

It can be when spoken by the right person. Now, fair enough this bloke I'm going to link to now is clearly a tad off the beat, but his pronunciation of 'innit' at the 48 second mark is spot on, even if the rest of his slot is miles apart from what Bristolians actually talk like. He's exaggerating it to be fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPguqwYNQY4

Exactly how different do you sound from Johnny Kingdom anyway?

I was thinking then, "who the Devil is Johnny Kingdom, until I remembered he was the guy who looked after that three legged Deer, whannee? (<--Bristol for you! ;))

He sounds more Northern Irish than anything. But then, listening to the old boys accents further out of town, the accent does take on a distinct Irish twang.

Have you ever noticed that at all?

[Osweo]

It can be when spoken by the right person. Now, fair enough this bloke I'm going to link to now is clearly a tad off the beat, but his pronunciation of 'innit' at the 48 second mark is spot on, even if the rest of his slot is miles apart from what Bristolians actually talk like. He's exaggerating it to be fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPguqwYNQY4
I'll listen tomorrrow. I'm on NightSneakInternet mode now! :p


I was thinking then, "who the Devil is Johnny Kingdom, until I remembered he was the guy who looked after that three legged Deer, whannee? (<--Bristol for you! ;))
:D
He sounds more Northern Irish than anything. But then, listening to the old boys accents further out of town, the accent does take on a distinct Irish twang.

Have you ever noticed that at all?
Certainly. You'll notice it a little in County Durham too. The explanation I heard is that of the origins of Cromwell's soldiery, whose garrisons made the Irish learn English from them. Something like that will have happened. Like people in the East sound like Americans at times. I even mix some Southerners with Australians for similar reasons.

[Angantyr]

My favourite words are:

Redhead
Carrot-top
Fire-crotch
Ginger