what is the most beautiful english word

Sensuikan San

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Mellifluous ... it sounds just like its meaning. (...'sweet' ... 'smooth' ... 'flowing' etc. etc. ...)

.... especially when spoken by James Earl Jones .. !

(...Apologies to the writers of an episode of the David Letterman Show ... many aeons ago ! - but I do, sincerely agree with them!)

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Maciamo

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Sensuikan San said:

Mellifluous ... it sounds just like its meaning. (...'sweet' ... 'smooth' ... 'flowing' etc. etc. ...)

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My favourite so far !

 

Tsuyoiko

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• #28

serendipity

 

Sensuikan San

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Tsuyoiko said:

serendipity

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Nice one!

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Davey

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Amnesia Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness. (just like the word, and the cLUB )

 

MeAndroo

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Supercilious

adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, swaggering] 2: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: sneering, snide]

Antithesis

Direct contrast; opposition.
The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.

2 great words I attempt to use whenever possible.

 

Ma Cherie

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Amnesia?

Do you like the word dutch or the definition? ☝


Placid: undisturbed, peacful.


That's another one of my favorite words.

 

Davey

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The word and the CLUB

The sound of when you say Amnesia sounds nice....

Of course i dont like the definition of the word... do i look this baka... mm maybe haha

 

Luthien Rogue

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Hmm some of my favourites:

-Lullaby
-Evanescence
-Tranquil
-Rhapsody
-Paradox
-Rapture
-Lackluster
-Epitome
-Euphemism

Love the way they sound~

 

sadakoyamamura

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these are my favorite words either because i like the way they sound or the way they roll in my mouth when i say them.

apathy
apotheosis
apothecary
avatar
cornucopia
diaphanous
enigma
ethereal
gossamer
kaleidoscope
kudos
mesmerize
mother
naivete
phantasm/phantasmagoria
phantom
specter
tantalize
thespian

and the list goes on...

 

CryogeniC

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I gotta go with "Ethereal" cuz its so surreal and fantasy-like

 

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lastmagi

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I'm with cryogenic. Ethereal is a beautiful one. And I guess its semi-lookalike, ephemeral, too. Ah, how fleeting is beauty...

 

Kinsao

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I just got a new top word:

roofrack

I have no idea why I like it.

I also like: delinquent. It sounds so... peaceful, somehow... like a little bubbling stream... so unlike its meaning!

 

Takakoo

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Effervescent

 

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FAM

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To me one of the most beautiful words are
desire
passion
peace
naked
feel

 

Sensuikan San

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Kinsao said:

I just got a new top word:

roofrack

I have no idea why I like it.

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Neither have I!

But, you can have fun with words, can't you?

Try ....

"Rooofrack"

"Roofrack"

...n' stuff like that!

I do it all the time with "concrete"!

All the best,

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kokusu

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I have always liked 'ephemeral' . . .

 

Carlson

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☝ lol

 

anjusan

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uxoriousness - excessively fond of or submissive to a wife

I once wrote a paper on 'The Folly of Uxoriousness' and I just loved saying the word...

 

Riyko

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Obscure - Deficient in light, dark, Out of sight, hidden, Not readily noticed or seen

It's one of the first english words I learned and I love those meanings of it.

 

sadakoyamamura

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I got a new word too.

Wraith

Sounds nice because of the th at the end and yet it means (from Wikipedia) an apparition of a person who is still alive, seen as an omen that the person is about to die.

 

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Genecks

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Good fun words to describe something:

1. eccentric
2. intriguing
3. interesting
4. speculative.

I think my favorite word in the English language would have to be, maybe.

My recent favorite quote of mine: i'm going to become an omnipotent megalomaniac elitest

 

Kinsao

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lol.
Sensuikan-san: I'm glad someone understands me! *feels all understood*

Anjusan: cool! I'd never even heard of that word. And even better... it has an X in it. I love the letter X!

Genecks said:

I think my favorite word in the English language would have to be, maybe.

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Aha, so you go by meaning rather than sound? Hey that gives me an idea for 'learning Japanese' question I want to know...

I also rather like the phrase 'narcissistic misogynist'.

 

AhmedHan

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Dielectric Susceptability

please don't ask me what it is...
it is a term from my electromagnetics lesson.

 

sadakoyamamura

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Ugghh

Procrastination...