1. Notes: 21245 / 2 years ago  from dorkvader (originally from 52hearts)
   The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

   dorkvader:

   sleepysmiling:

   Ailurophile A cat-lover.
   Assemblage A gathering.
   Becoming Attractive.
   Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. 
   Brood To think alone.
   Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.
   Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
   Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
   Comely Attractive.
   Conflate To blend together.
   Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
   Dalliance A brief love affair.
   Demesne Dominion, territory.
   Demure Shy and reserved.
   Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
   Desuetude Disuse.
   Desultory Slow, sluggish.
   Diaphanous Filmy.
   Dissemble Deceive.
   Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
   Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.
   Effervescent Bubbly.
   Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
   Elision Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
   Elixir A good potion.
   Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
   Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
   Emollient A softener
   Ephemeral Short-lived.
   Epiphany A sudden revelation.
   Erstwhile At one time, for a time.
   Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
   Evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
   Evocative Suggestive.
   Fetching Pretty.
   Felicity Pleasantness.
   Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.
   Fugacious Fleeting.
   Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
   Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
   Glamour Beauty.
   Gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk
   Halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
   Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
   Imbrication Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
   Imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
   Imbue To infuse, instill.
   Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
   Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.
   Ingénue A naïve young woman.
   Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.
   Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.
   Inure To become jaded.
   Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
   Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
   Lagoon A small gulf or inlet.
   Languor Listlessness, inactivity.
   Lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
   Leisure Free time.
   Lilt To move musically or lively.
   Lissome Slender and graceful.
   Lithe Slender and flexible.
   Love Deep affection.
   Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
   Moiety One of two equal parts.
   Mondegreen A slip of the ear.
   Murmurous Murmuring.
   Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
   Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
   Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning.
   Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
   Palimpsest A manuscript written over earlier ones.
   Panacea A solution for all problems
   Panoply A complete set.
   Pastiche An art work combining materials from various sources.
   Penumbra A half-shadow.
   Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
   Plethora A large quantity.
   Propinquity An inclination.
   Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
   Quintessential Mose essential.
   Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
   Ravel To knit or unknit.
   Redolent Fragrant.
   Riparian By the bank of a stream.
   Ripple A very small wave.
   Scintilla A spark or very small thing.
   Sempiternal Eternal.
   Seraglio Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
   Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
   Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
   Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
   Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
   Susquehanna A river in Pennsylvania.
   Sussurous Whispering, hissing.
   Talisman A good luck charm.
   Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
   Umbrella Protection from sun or rain.
   Untoward Unseemly, inappropriate.
   Vestigial In trace amounts.
   Wafture Waving.
   Wherewithal The means.
   Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast.

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       some very nice and mellifluous words on there. I should use them more often.

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       Why isn’t Frodacious on the list?

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