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 Proximity; Nearness
Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential Most 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.
Susurrous 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.
Source: So Much To Tell You
10:00 pm on May 14th, 2011
I admire this list of words. very well done. You only missed one word, and it happens to be my favorite: crestfallen.
10:07 pm on May 14th, 2011
Crestfallen, yes that is my favourite too–each time a drop my tube of toothpaste.
6:41 am on May 15th, 2011
You made me smile, Jack!
6:55 am on May 15th, 2011
were you to drop a competing brand, it would probably end up pepsodented.
My favorite word would be Flummoxed, not for it’s beauty, but for the ability to be what it describes
7:44 am on May 15th, 2011
I love words and I love to play with words. Jack, I truly LOLed Laugh out loud…took a nanosecond and then I burst out laughing! CP, nice follow-up! How can one have a favorite word? I think I will take these 100 words and write a story…anyone else up for the challenge?
8:46 am on May 15th, 2011
These words brought back memories of old books, and more recent ones.
Inglenook.
And a word for an experience which i love – Petrichor, has got me waiting for the day the rains come.
Thank you.
9:31 am on May 15th, 2011
Smoothilly-I think that writing a story with these is a great idea!
Jack-that was pretty funny…
12:12 pm on May 15th, 2011
Gland to see see gossamer, one of my faves, another one, not here, is velvet, so sensuous and sounding like the fabric itself
1:30 pm on May 15th, 2011
I wish ‘superfluous’ was on this list. I think it just rolls off the tongue.
3:17 pm on May 15th, 2011
You forgot cellar-door.
4:03 pm on May 15th, 2011
I’m not alone!
What a delight to learn there are others who enjoy & appreciate words for their own sake. I know not a single soul – friend or kin – who does. And I’m tired of explaining that etymology has nothing to do with bugs.
Stephanie is right: if my favorite made the list (diaphanous) – then so should ‘superfluous’…it’s just as fabulous.
5:21 pm on May 15th, 2011
It’s interesting how many of these words occur frequently in Shakespeare.
7:01 pm on May 15th, 2011
I’m quite a fan of the missing “Lackadaisical”, but otherwise find this to be a fantastic list.
7:08 pm on May 15th, 2011
Terpsichorean – relating to dancing
Defenestrate – throwing someone/something out of a window
7:26 pm on May 15th, 2011
I knew serendipity was going to be on there! But what about soliloquy?
7:36 pm on May 15th, 2011
I love the beauty of language. The way that beautiful words feel when you say them out loud is like a great drug (with no unpleasant side effects!) Thank you so much for having a website like this one! I want to save this list myself for when I write poems.
9:07 pm on May 15th, 2011
Lovely words. I also the words Legacy and Heritage; the sound and the feel of the word Legacy, and the meaning of both words, from a genealogist’s point of view.
10:52 pm on May 15th, 2011
awesome details here on 100 Most beautiful words in the English language* – how about sports and food?
2:47 am on May 16th, 2011
Please add loquacious… so beautiful!
2:56 am on May 16th, 2011
I admire this list of words, Very good.
4:19 am on May 16th, 2011
There’s no words posted that begin with “J,” but I have a favorite one… “Jonquil.” It’s been used since 1789 to describe a certain color of yellow (wiki is awesome). I got to finally play the word in scrabble recently, and with the triple letter score, it was worth like, a ton of points.
5:21 pm on May 16th, 2011
I’m rather partial to ‘shibboleth’ … Like stumbling over soft consonants …
6:59 pm on May 16th, 2011
What about Zephyr: a gentle breeze; one of my all time favourites.
8:52 pm on May 16th, 2011
Just to add to the list… I’m quite fond of the word “lachrymose” myself. And I know one of my friends just loves “saccharine.”
9:14 pm on May 16th, 2011
I particularly enjoy effluance, for the contrast betwixt meaning and sound, and crepuscular, that there can even exist a word which describes such a beautiful thing so beautifully.
5:28 am on May 17th, 2011
its too nice…
6:40 am on May 17th, 2011
Reading this aloud is the aural equivalent of eating good chocolate. Glad to see imbroglio and insouciance, but how can frisson (little shiver of pleasure) be overlooked? How about jejune TygeOD? – beautiful, I submit, even though it means insipid and insignificant.
8:59 am on May 17th, 2011
Glad to see onomatopoeia in there. I would nominate ‘Pipistrelle’ – a common British bat – which to my mind is onomatopoeic of a bat swooping around in the dusk.
9:17 am on May 17th, 2011
Great list, especially propinquity, but bilateral is more beautiful than bungalow, and neither as fine as soliloquy
9:28 am on May 17th, 2011
Re words with the ability to be what they describe, I was always impressed by “recondite” which, by its slight innocuousness alone, is what it says.
10:29 am on May 17th, 2011
Nice list! They’re all lovely. But doesn’t propinquity mean nearness, not inclination?
I would like to see a little bit more in the definitions! There are layers of connotation that are just exquisite to peel away.
10:49 am on May 17th, 2011
Kevin: three meanings to propinquity – two you mentioned plus ‘kinship’
I like ‘zymurgy’ fermation process in brewing. Not only to say out loud but because it’s a lonely forgotten word at the end of the dictionary!
12:05 pm on May 17th, 2011
You forgot “Fuck.” it is my favorite word.
4:35 pm on May 17th, 2011
I really miss the word “velocity” on this list
5:43 pm on May 17th, 2011
A very nice and useful list of vocabulary.
Another word, possibly the longest one,which means opposing / revolting against the belief on the requirement of an official Angelical Church in England:
‘ Antidisestablishmentarianism ‘
8:07 pm on May 17th, 2011
@Thera – I don’t know if it’s still there, but the Defenestration Building was a great site to pass when I lived in San Francisco: http://www.metaphorm.org/works/defenestration/
1:29 am on May 18th, 2011
The simple most opulent word that meets one’s ears is that quintessential sound that becomes special in out lives; the name we are given. It rarely finds a mondegreen. Whether our from our long lost Lover or our dangerously dissembling dark Nemisis, what sound can make us feel more alive? We can only pray for it’s Sempiternal home.
5:56 am on May 18th, 2011
Isn’t it Seamus Heaney who refers to a poet’s ‘word-hoard’?
‘Discombobulate’ – to be put at sixes and sevens, like a giddy kipper..
6:37 am on May 18th, 2011
I really love “resplendence”. Who says English isn’t a pretty language?
7:11 am on May 18th, 2011
Just for the pleasure of saying it I love ‘ ‘Spillikins’ (a game also known as ‘Jackstraws’ where you remove a thin stick from the pile of others without disturbing the rest of the pile.. . . good game too!)
8:35 am on May 18th, 2011
How could you list “ratatouille” as an ENGLISH word? Come on now.
8:38 am on May 18th, 2011
@Camila
Ratatouille: A vegetable stew, usually made with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, and onions, seasoned with herbs and garlic.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ratatouille
Many English words have foreign origins and yes Ratatouille is french but its an English noun (a name of a soup)
11:43 am on May 18th, 2011
Liquefaction.
Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free ;
O how that glittering taketh me !
Upon Julia’s Clothes, Robert Herrick
1:07 pm on May 18th, 2011
what about ameliorate!!!!
1:15 pm on May 18th, 2011
I second the vote for “lachrymose”, and also would add my personal favorite, “vespertine”.
2:08 pm on May 18th, 2011
wow!!! onomatopoeia would be my fave since second grade.
2:39 pm on May 18th, 2011
“Propinquity” does not mean an inclination; it means nearness or proximity.
Other interesting words: recalcitrance, recrudescence.
2:46 pm on May 18th, 2011
@Jim…Changes made. Thank You
4:39 pm on May 18th, 2011
This is amazing! I’ve never learned so many words in one day! Then again I am only 13 years old.
I do very much admire this list! It gave me a big smile on my face! Thankyou!
6:59 pm on May 18th, 2011
while most of these words are very beautiful indeed, they’re just like your opinion of beauty man. there are many other beautiful yet simple words.
7:08 pm on May 18th, 2011
Did you know that 34 words are coming from French?
8:52 pm on May 18th, 2011
Will is a clod.
“Oleomargarine” came up as one of the most melodious sounds (at MIT, of all places)!
6:19 am on May 19th, 2011
I would add 2 kore to your list (I suppose ’102′ doesn’t have the same ring to it as ’100′):
‘Gallimaufry’
and
‘lugubrious’
Two splendidly delicious words.
6:33 am on May 19th, 2011
Bungalow is NOT a cozy cottage, it’s a single-story house!
8:12 pm on May 19th, 2011
Great list. A new word to me recently that I love is proboscis, although I rarely get to use it.
9:51 pm on May 19th, 2011
cathartic…anyone?
10:15 pm on May 19th, 2011
Very nice words on here, some of which I had to write down. I will most definitely be using “petrichor” in the future.
Some of my favorites: cerulean, vermilion, hypnogogia, salacious, lascivious, alabaster, vast. I also second recalcitrance
10:24 pm on May 19th, 2011
When day after day has gone and the one ……….That ment so much to you, and you you loved so deeply from the bottom of your hearthas gone ……Away but thay were never coming back….. Your . heart feel’s like it’s never gonna stop bleeding and is in so much pain. ……… How can I ever smile again xxxxx
12:04 am on May 20th, 2011
what about “Peace” “Truth” and “Drink”? I personally think those are the best words in the world!!!
12:53 am on May 20th, 2011
Oh, how my mouth tingles at the luxurity of this list and the many contributions in the comments. I am such a logophile.
“Susurrus” made me happy. ^.^ And I must agree that soliloquy is a fantastic word.
8:02 am on May 20th, 2011
Lovely sounds and beautiful words. Thank you for this collection.
May I add Peripeteia? Bee
3:00 pm on May 20th, 2011
many of those words are greek or have a greek base! but i agree they are beautiful
2:22 am on May 21st, 2011
I think ‘beautiful’…is one of the most beautiful word in the English language.
there are so many more beautiful words….
Good
exciting
nothing
special
moment
thank you
sorry
please
tell me
only these many r striking me…for the moment….
4:42 am on May 21st, 2011
My favourite; Callipygous
Also perspicacious. And subtle (cause the sutle B that sneaks in there)
8:51 am on May 21st, 2011
‘Denouement’ is a french word, but lovely all the same
10:47 am on May 21st, 2011
One of my favorites sounds beautiful, but has a sorely negative meaning–melanoma. I’m surprised there weren’t more “M” words!
10:51 am on May 21st, 2011
One of the greatest powers of English is its ability to adopt–and adapt, if necessary–foreign words with alacrity. Once we adopt it and its use is “universally” accepted, it’s an English word, despite it’s actual etymological origin!
7:15 pm on May 21st, 2011
I’ve never seen such a polite set of comments before, it must be rewarding, but I don’t appreciate this list quite as much as they do, as I was reading it, I couldn’t help but wonder how you chose these words.
There were clumsy words which only seemed to be there because of their french roots, such as “Moiety”, words which aren’t really beautiful because of their mundane nature, such as “Umbrella” or “Bungalow”, and words which are so limited in their use that you can’t help but feel that they supplanted another word more deserving like “Susquehanna”.
I grant you there are some beautiful words, but even among those I found some of the meanings given didn’t do the words justice, like defining diaphanous as “filmy”, some others with this problem are “Harbinger” which I feel (perhaps erroneously) has somewhat more of an ominous feel than is accorded to it by you, and “Ethereal”, whose beauty was stripped away by starting its definition with the word gaseous, unless you’re talking about ethereal in the chemical sense.
I apologize for the rant, there is a lot of good in this list, but it’s mixed in with bad.
For the record, I’ve always liked the word anathema.
9:44 pm on May 21st, 2011
Acquiesce needs to be on here, well above ratatouille for sure…
10:20 pm on May 21st, 2011
I love the word queue. So long to write, so short to pronounce. The word really captures the essence of waiting in a long line. Patience can be short.
11:57 pm on May 21st, 2011
I absolutely love this list of words. It’s going in my favorites. A fantastic article. Thank you so much!
12:15 am on May 22nd, 2011
I love the word petrichor! I actually discovered it a few days ago while watching Doctor Who. This list is fantabulous and I can’t wait to use some of these beautiful words I’ve discovered in my poetry. By the way, I’d like to mention one of my favorite words ‘rotund’. I’m not sure why, but I just love it!
2:50 am on May 22nd, 2011
What a great list! Being from New Orleans, I especially love lagniappe!! I have a few humble suggestions. The muses for which several of streets are named for, Calliope &
Melpomene. And fortuitous & serenity both beautiful in sound and meaning.
2:52 am on May 22nd, 2011
whimsy….. One of the very best.
4:32 pm on May 22nd, 2011
Call me creepy, but I like the word ‘morbid.’
I think it sounds nice.
I also like ‘undulations.’
6:06 pm on May 22nd, 2011
Man, I do wish Bourgeoisie was part of this list, because that’s a linguistically beautiful world.
6:08 pm on May 22nd, 2011
I know it’s two words, but I’ve always heard “cellar door” for such a list.
And I would add Pimlico to another, similar list: 100 Most beautiful Place Names in the English language.
11:03 pm on May 22nd, 2011
i enjoyed reading the comments. i was extremely entertained. thank you.
4:24 am on May 23rd, 2011
Although it may not have a very pleasant meaning, the grace of the word itself cannot be denied. Chlamydia.
Also a few others that I enjoy. Onyx, Reminiscent, Melancholy, Whisper.
4:37 am on May 23rd, 2011
Half of these words are French. Typical ‘Merica.
12:16 pm on May 23rd, 2011
I believe that some of these came from the french language.
6:34 pm on May 23rd, 2011
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1:57 am on May 24th, 2011
I’m glad to have run into this list. My vocabulary has not been that good lately:)) Jack is definitely hilarious:)
6:11 am on May 24th, 2011
How about, ‘melancholia’ for the ‘m’ list?
And, yeah…most of my favourite words have Greek etymologies Th. Science is full of wonderful language. Here are a few of my favourite cool-sounding words of Greek origin…
‘euphonia’
‘dysphoria’
‘heliotropic’
”androgyne’
‘tectonic’
‘photovoltaism’
…I’ve been told I have a curious aesthetic, though.
‘Aesthete’ is another.
12:34 pm on May 24th, 2011
Honestly there are hardly any try English words found in the American English language. Most of our normal lexicon is based in the 52 languages that are routinely spoken in this country, so get over identifying the listed words as Greek, French,…etc… based; that is the beauty of our language and our country. Have a beautiful day!
9:30 pm on May 24th, 2011
Just now I want to share with the news that in 1971 Pakistani Occupied army with the association of their local collaborators had brutally killed my father by tieing him inside the house with a pole & set fire in the house.
11:47 pm on May 24th, 2011
Flux-capacitor
8:02 am on May 25th, 2011
This is going to sound weird but I’ve always appreciated and held high the word: ooze. It seems so onomatopoeic from both a sound and touchy-feely perspective. The perfect word for the mud coming up between your toes on a lakefront beach.
Cheers
8:57 am on May 25th, 2011
Wow. I use most of those … I wonder what that says about me. I’m not sure I want to know!
9:09 am on May 25th, 2011
I agree with Camila. Ratatouille shouldn’t be on this list. Besides being far more french than English, it’s not that beautiful a word.
And Susquehanna is from the Algonquian tribe.
9:11 pm on May 25th, 2011
@kristopher
Despite what Poe says, I believe just ‘cellar’ holds beauty in both in sound and visually, while ‘door’ just sounds clunky.
5:08 pm on May 26th, 2011
The collection is beautiful, i have throughly enjoyed myself but i find that the a list is incredibly short. One of my missing favs is ‘apt’. I find it one of the shortest yet most instructive words in english.
10:44 pm on May 26th, 2011
Wonderfull list of beatuiful words. Of course English beign what it is the list could easily be the 1000 or even 10,000 long but another to consider.
Blanch Puget used it to describe her biography of Bob Hawk [an australian Prime Minister] that being Floccinaucinihilipilification which means really ‘Much ado about nothing’!
However my favourite word is cleave as it is one of the autoopposites.
7:26 am on May 28th, 2011
@Ian, yes contranyms are strange yet interesting
4:18 pm on May 28th, 2011
I just adore words. I think this is a lovely list, both of meanings and of pure sound. Michael argues that umbrella and bungalow are too limited, but if you just say them out loud, there is no doubt (in my mind) why they make the list.
I have my own lists of words, both to love and to hate.
Some are on here already like plethora (which I try to use on a regular basis.) Whimsical is my favorite word.
Words to love:
Bizarre
Blizzard
Intriguing
Lovely
Melancholy
Midnight
Nostalgic
Peculiar
Precarious
Precocious
Snooze
Twilight
Vanilla
Whimsical
Words to hate:
Chunk
Cusp
Moist
Pewter
Rural
10:48 pm on May 28th, 2011
this is fucking dumb.
1:57 am on May 29th, 2011
I’m a big fan of “psithurism”, which is the sound of wind whispering through the trees. Lovely set of words
11:16 am on May 29th, 2011
I counted over 60 words derived from Latin and used regulary in everyday Italian language,glad you all like this words but I doubt people use them much in everyday’s talk. With a little more effort you word- lovers could be soon speaking Italian!!!!!
Wish you well!!! Ciao!!!
12:20 pm on May 29th, 2011
Oh, my. Whatever happened to “YES”?
1:49 pm on May 29th, 2011
If I’m not mistaken, the original source of this list is from alphaDictionary, having been written by Robert Beard. Here’s the link: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html
2:36 pm on May 29th, 2011
Nanak kanti Sen – So sorry what sad news but this is not really the place for it.
I like:- circumlocutious, hillbilly, periwinkle, snuggle,elvin, nuance
4:27 pm on May 29th, 2011
Thank you for sharing these beautiful words. They were not all my first choice, but there were some interesting words, mostly for the sound of the word, on the list…
1:11 am on May 30th, 2011
There are certainly lot more words that one can add to that…like ‘Resonance’ and ‘Hubris’
6:38 am on May 30th, 2011
@Holly Its found all over the web. My source was: http://www.somuchtotellyou.co.nz/ I placed the source link is at the bottom of the post.
1:14 pm on May 30th, 2011
im not very good at languages. i speak enlish and that is it, i never was able to master a second language but it seems to me that the majority of these are taken from french or a similar language.
11:23 pm on May 30th, 2011
I really like the word ethereal.
8:53 pm on May 31st, 2011
Yay! I’m not a COMPLETE loner/nerd!! lol Hahahahah, Jack. You wily little rascal, lmao. My fave was on the list, Serendipity
such beautiful words….
2:09 pm on June 1st, 2011
i love the word impromptu
11:44 am on June 2nd, 2011
great list
i want to add my favorite word: coalesce – love the meaning and how it looks and sounds
6:35 pm on June 3rd, 2011
An onomatopoeia is not a word that “sounds like it’s meaning”, as you indicated in your list. It is actually a word used to describe an actual sound, such as “The cat meows”. http://www.dictionary.com
10:46 pm on June 4th, 2011
Here’s a great one for the list…..syxygy
11:44 pm on June 4th, 2011
Too many words
1:24 am on June 5th, 2011
Here’s a fun one: rapscallion, meaning a rascal; a scamp.
10:52 pm on June 6th, 2011
So many of these are French! Thank God for the Norman conquest
Off the top of my head, I can think of serene (cliché, I know, but it’s a good one), saccharine, ineffable, contrition, mellifluous, translucent, alabaster, vermiculite, and quill.
11:36 pm on June 6th, 2011
I like the word trollop and azure and serenity/sanctuary, impede, and sorrow.
9:32 am on June 7th, 2011
Not many of these are English words. They are French, Italian, and so forth, and not even changed a little but simply adopted by English speakers.
6:19 pm on June 8th, 2011
Cynosurely great.
11:00 pm on June 8th, 2011
This list is missing one of my favorites, ‘concupiscence’, which stands for ‘intense sexual desire’.
^_^
12:25 am on June 9th, 2011
Screw ‘dulcet’. I lost first place in the 2nd grade Speling Bee to that word
2:30 am on June 9th, 2011
Requiem.
Also, quite surprised only one other person responded or commented upon someone’s admittance of personal trauma. Granted, whether Nanak kanti Sen’s words ring true, misplaced, or false it still speaks volumes of the digital culture you’re reading right meow.
think.
10:05 am on June 10th, 2011
there is a word missing: AWESOME
2:21 pm on June 10th, 2011
neat list!!
4:58 am on June 11th, 2011
Love this!
My favourite word is ‘collapses’.
12:33 am on June 12th, 2011
Even though it’s not used to describe pretty things, I love the word “filth”.
1:23 am on June 12th, 2011
many of these words are greek. (epiphany,ailurophile, panacea,plethora etc…)
7:01 pm on June 12th, 2011
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11:42 pm on June 12th, 2011
That is awesome i really like that list of words
12:58 am on June 14th, 2011
Chthonic — pertaining to the underworld is an euphonious word that I dug up!
2:55 am on June 14th, 2011
deliquesce – to melt away
10:22 am on June 14th, 2011
Good List, though not perfect, I found all the comments charming though. Nice to see there are so many fellow Logophiles. I agree (wholeheartedly< Quite a nice one itself) with Cathartic. And some of the stranger ones. I personally quite like Obsequious and Oblique.
10:24 am on June 14th, 2011
OH and how could I forget Jingoistic! With it’s bizarre origin.
1:47 pm on June 14th, 2011
I have read that the most beautiful word in the English language is the word “strawberry.”
8:35 pm on June 14th, 2011
Man they forgot loquacious. That is my absolute favorite.
10:21 pm on June 14th, 2011
One of my favorite words is indubitably. I wouldn’t put it on this list. If you had a list titled “words that sound funny when said aloud”, it would belong there. I love maneuver as well, but mostly I’m just glad plethora made it. The best part of all was remembering/learning beautiful words. Thank you!
11:35 pm on June 14th, 2011
What ENGLISH dictionary did you get these words from? A tonne of them have Latin, French, or Italian origins. A lovely piece, but a bit too full of tripe and unresearched blabber for my like.
4:14 am on June 15th, 2011
nice words,,,memorable words
7:43 pm on June 15th, 2011
How about “spindrift” -the spray of water from waves crashing against the jagged rocks
10:16 pm on June 16th, 2011
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8:48 am on June 17th, 2011
I agree that ratatouille should not have made the list.
One of my favorite words is facetious — and it has the added benefit of having all of the vowels in order (facetiously if you want to include the y) — there’s only one other word in the english language that has the same…
I also love esoteric, luxuriate, wonderous.
11:25 pm on June 17th, 2011
Serendipity is such a lovely word. I wish it were used more often.
12:01 am on June 18th, 2011
Two of my favourite words for how they sound are ‘telemetry’ and ‘biscuit’.
8:03 am on June 18th, 2011
I would save these words for my references. do you know i am not native english speaker and it’s really big problem to master english
1:36 am on June 19th, 2011
Imbroglio – I have to try and use this in my everyday language, i like the word!
11:57 am on June 19th, 2011
What about “defenestrate?”
3:14 am on June 20th, 2011
somnamberrivilifrieze, has been a favorite for years, because there are so many opportunities to interject it in conversation. It means those who sleep walk with knotted berries are vilified. Dr. Somber Zen’s poor DNA research history earned him somnamberrivilifrieze.
5:05 am on June 20th, 2011
Strumpet is my current favourite word!
10:39 am on June 20th, 2011
I can’t believe nobody mentioned bamboozle or hoodwink. I also like lambast, flotsam, querulous, zyzzyva, miscreant, wench, hemidemisemiquaver, and (definitely) lothario. Zyzzyva is also the best hangman word.
11:39 am on June 20th, 2011
Включите русский язык!я по-английски ниче не понимаю!
4:37 pm on June 20th, 2011
The definition of quintessential is a bit different; it’s “representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class : he was the quintessential tough guy—strong, silent, and self-contained.”
4:37 pm on June 20th, 2011
Eructate
Emuntate
My 13 year old trots each out frequently. It’s a joy to hear.
11:14 pm on June 20th, 2011
A wondrous and edifying list but might I suggest the smallest (and yes nit-picky) clarification? Sempiternal is a fascinating word that actually means something that has a beginning but no end. As opposed to something which is Eternal which has neither beginning or end. While it may seem a trifle, whether the Universe is Eternal (always was, always will be) or merely Sempiternal (big bang and goes forever) is actually a profound distinction. Religious folk may also be irritated at the suggestion that God was merely Sempiternal (a quality that human souls have in most theologies).
Where else can we enjoy the esthetic joy of the words and the intellectual spark of their deep meanings. Seemed a shame to highlight its auditory beauty alone.
2:50 am on June 21st, 2011
I really quite adored this list of words. I would add that lackadaisical and Subtle would be added. I am currently learning new words everyday to overall increase my vocabulary and if anyone would like to help me and send me words I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you,
Amberley19@gmail.com
10:42 am on June 21st, 2011
Hey, you forgot my favourite!
Antidisestablishmentarianism has got to be my favourite word. So great.
Also, what about gesticulate, flabbergasted and syzygy? Oh, man, I love the English language.
12:10 pm on June 21st, 2011
As a native German-speaker I had never expected most of these words as English… I guess the majority of them have their roots in the Latin language…
6:22 pm on June 21st, 2011
I used “bucolic” in a sentence the other day and impressed the Creative Director of a marketing firm. “That’s a word I haven’t heard in a while,” he said, “Where do you pick up your vocabulary?” Such a shame these beautiful words have fallen into disuse.
1:07 am on June 22nd, 2011
Thanks for this! I didn’t even know some of the words, LOL!!!
2:59 am on June 22nd, 2011
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4:47 am on June 22nd, 2011
What a lovely list!
Just a small point: the definition of ‘bungalow’ seems to vary, depending on where they are: here in the UK, they are single-storey, but in Singapore, for example, they are apparently “huge pieces of property comprising storeys which are mostly 2 to 3 in number” (www.propertyguru.com.sg/resources/property/jargon-buster).
9:53 am on June 22nd, 2011
Wow .. Coooool ..
Sometimes I write songs, and often run out of ideas. Although already reflected in the lonely, the idea of writing words to songs I often did not come. Thank you for this great post.
1:47 pm on June 23rd, 2011
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susurration – A soft, whispering or rustling sound; a murmur. Like that noise in a theatre when people are whispering
2:23 pm on June 23rd, 2011
I really enjoyed this list. I have probably more than a hundred favorite words, many of which are on here. “Incendiary” is my number one though and I’m quite sad that it didn’t make the cut.
6:09 pm on June 23rd, 2011
What about Transmogrifier?? a device that transforms its user into any desired shape – Calvin & Hobbs
3:32 pm on June 24th, 2011
Nefarious. Has anyone actually written an article with all these words in it ? That would be a good read ! Garret I like how you think!
10:07 pm on June 25th, 2011
I really enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing
1:10 am on June 26th, 2011
Does the asterisk at the end of the title allude to the fact that a large proportion of the selected words are adopted, but otherwise unchanged, French words? Also, by what criteria were these words selected? Sound? Meaning? Obscurity? Sheer arbitrary subjectiveness?
11:25 pm on June 26th, 2011
you missed zephyr ! one of my favourite words. =)
4:58 am on June 27th, 2011
so happy
9:39 am on June 27th, 2011
The most beautiful word of the language english is “beaver”
12:39 pm on June 27th, 2011
I think soliloquy & loquacious would be nice words to add to this list.(:
1:37 am on June 28th, 2011
@Jack…
I dropt my tube o’ toothpaste on me toe; t’splatted, t’made a messy show; oh how i set off ballen; and still now i am crestfallen
Wordfruit
10:35 am on June 28th, 2011
There are three interesting words I like in your list;1. Chatoyant-like cat’s eye 2.Mondegreen- A slip of the ears 3. Petrichor- The smell of the rain after rain.
1:26 pm on June 28th, 2011
Beautiful list of words! However, three of my favorite words didn’t make your list: opium, kaleidoscope, and cathedral. I love the way these words sound.
7:59 pm on June 28th, 2011
I do have to say, reading all of these comments are quite entertaining. I love seeing all of the suggestions. I’ve noticed several words I didn’t know/haven’t heard often. And I agree with a few others. The English language mainly consists of words adopted from other languages. So try to overlook the fact that they originated from somewhere else and thank this person for the list. Maybe some will be handy. I quit using larger words in everyday conversation a while back, because I was tired of my younger sister asking me what EVERYTHING meant.
10:50 pm on June 28th, 2011
Either Effervescence or Iridescent are my favorites, because they sound so unearthly
6:28 am on June 29th, 2011
This is cool, you have some beautiful words in there.
However, I noticed a few problems with your definitions which you should be careful about. Here’s some examples:
mellifluous – term used in poetry to describe a sweet but slow moving rhythm
onomatopoeia – a ‘sound’ word, written how it sounds – splash, splosh etc.
My other issue with this list is there’s a large number of french words in there!
8:57 am on June 29th, 2011
This list is delicious! Obviously there is no way it could be all inclusive – there are far too many (myriad!) words out there that tantalize the tongue, but I was happy to discover among them a few new to me.
10:51 am on June 29th, 2011
Ratatouille on best english words, seriously?
2:17 pm on June 29th, 2011
What about “Louche” in the sence of decadent, ambiguous,sinister?
2:32 pm on June 29th, 2011
Love this list! My favorite is bittersweet – when you pronounce it the first syllable causes ones mouth to turn down but sweet makes you smile
4:27 pm on June 29th, 2011
Many of these words are incorrectly defined, and many (obviously) of foreign roots. i.e Bungalow is an Indian word, and technically covers any one storey house, regardless of its size or coziness.
9:43 am on June 30th, 2011
I love the word DEFENISTRATE. It is the act of throwing someone out a window. Not a nice word, but fun to say.
7:33 pm on June 30th, 2011
Aesthetics, Ambiance
10:55 pm on June 30th, 2011
I very much appreciate teh words listed here, along with the ones shown on comments.
Some of my favorites are; “Placid” “Specificity”, “Supercilious”, “aloof”, “envy”, “patience”, “honesty”,
“scrupulence” and I do have to agree with “soliloquy”. Thank you!
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4:53 am on July 1st, 2011
i think language is the most beautiful thing in the world, and is lost on so many people.
4:24 pm on July 1st, 2011
I love the word rendevous
7:37 pm on July 1st, 2011
tabernacle!
9:47 pm on July 1st, 2011
Deshoda!
Since when is the word ‘fuck’ not beauteous???
…shucks
6:31 am on July 2nd, 2011
@ T F Rhoden..I concur!
6:50 am on July 2nd, 2011
I love the word Serendipity! It’s so beautiful and sounds almost magical!
9:10 pm on July 2nd, 2011
Brood – to think alone
I am a writer and I like to think to myself alot. The words are relaxing, calm, and
theraputic.
1:50 am on July 3rd, 2011
Excuse me, but I do not see the words Clitoris, Coitus, Cunnilingus or Fellatio in this list. Not only are these lovely words, but they’re certainly some of the first things that come to mind before thinking about the most pretentious way to refer to a cat’s eye. And clearly this list in its current form is biased against man’s best friend.
2:08 am on July 3rd, 2011
really very nice. i like it. tnx
2:13 am on July 3rd, 2011
Oeillade: a glance of the eye, especially a coquettish glance
favorite word
3:11 am on July 3rd, 2011
I actually hate the word serendipity. It ends with “-dipity” which makes me think “Dippity-doo” which is just stupid. Also the movie Serendipity was awful. But, I still like this list and -most- of the comments (you mean not all English words are English? Wow, you really are a Clever Person! You win the Internet!)
I’m going to have to put in my vote for Fuck. It may be the perfect word. It’s so very fun to say, and there is so much meaning behind that one little word. What the Fuck, get Fucked, let’s Fuck, Fuck you, and just FUCK! It’s a simple, straightforward, no-monkey-business type of word that holds so much passion and vitality, when not overused.
Now I have to watch The King’s Speech again.
8:47 am on July 3rd, 2011
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1:01 am on July 4th, 2011
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4:34 pm on July 4th, 2011
cacophony?
5:55 pm on July 4th, 2011
I have always liked the sound of troika (a team of three). But my all time favorite is a genus of grass: Bouteloua (boo-ta-LOO-uh)
7:10 pm on July 4th, 2011
What about phenomenon?
9:18 pm on July 4th, 2011
This website is delicious — finding not only this list of words, but kindred souls who appreciate them and all the other wonderful words that roll around your mouth and make you smile.
1:17 am on July 5th, 2011
Thanks! The words are scrupulous.
10:50 am on July 5th, 2011
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11:28 am on July 5th, 2011
A lovely list, and so fun to read aloud. Thank you for a great site! Words have such power to stir our emotions, and I find it so sad that no matter where I go on the Internet, it is impossible to escape from profanity or the introduction of sleazy and base images through words. Totally ruins my day. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful words you feel should have made the list. They stir my soul! Mine would be Billowy.
12:21 pm on July 5th, 2011
Great list. Heartened to know there are so many word lovers out there. Here are some of my faves for letters with only one or no mention:
alliteration
azalea
judicious
joyful or joyous
kindhearted
kinetic
nonchalance
quiver
vermillion
zinnia
12:21 pm on July 5th, 2011
I love the idea of this site …whoever composed the list did a superb job! It’s positively scintillating … another great word that sounds like what it means.
2:45 pm on July 5th, 2011
I love this list. Two I would have to add to one I made myself – superfluous and vesper.
8:02 pm on July 5th, 2011
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1:03 am on July 6th, 2011
Considering the vast majority of these words come from Latin (often via French) or Greek, it’s a shame most people don’t know what they really mean. Some of the definitions are even wrong, including the favourite of many, ‘mellifluous’. It doesn’t mean “Sweet sounding”, it means “flowing like honey”. The extension of that meaning to poetry etc is a metaphor.
It’s nice to see that there are people out there who care about the precise meaning of words, though. I really appreciated Grokmonkey’s post about the distinction between ‘sempiternal’ and ‘eternal’.
And for people whose favourite words are as pedestrian as ‘defenestrate’ (note, not ‘DEFENISTRATE’ like someone wrote), read a book and learn some interesting words. By the way, Simon Young, please teach us the meaning of your made up word “emuntate”. Eructate means burp, obviously.
If people actually learned the meanings of the root words, most of the above would seem pretty bland. ‘De’ meaning ‘out of’ and ‘fenestra’ meaning ‘window’ is an example – using the Latin-derived word ‘defenestrate’ just sounds like you’re trying to show off (but aren’t clever enough to really impress anyone). So too the person who mentioned both ‘soliloquy’ and ‘loquatious’ – it’s a shame you don’t realise they’re based on the same root word, ‘loq-’, meaning ‘speak’. They probably wouldn’t impress you enough if they were the less arcane-sounding ‘solo talk’ and ‘talky’.
It’s a shame that beauty here really refers to what’s foreign for most people. The more you learn about words, the less these words impress you. But I suppose it’s a useful enough list for someone entering high school, just starting to read adult literature. The pity is that most adult Americans stay at this level, and remain impressed by words like ‘halcyon’, without having a clue about its the true history and meaning.
1:18 am on July 6th, 2011
*** RHETORIC – The art of using words effectively and persuasively.
10:12 am on July 6th, 2011
I love the word exquisite and malicious. Something about malicious, like dirty delicious.
6:14 pm on July 6th, 2011
Ailurophile…..wait….phile…..that is waaaaaay more than just a person who loves cats.
8:58 pm on July 6th, 2011
Maudlin.
and Rhetoric.
9:23 pm on July 6th, 2011
I don’t know why, but I like Unctuous, maybe because it kinda sounds like what it means.
7:27 am on July 7th, 2011
A bungalow is a one storey house, not a small cozy cottage and an Elixir is a sort of catalyst, not a good potion. I find your ‘definitions’ lacking.
10:54 am on July 7th, 2011
my bad, my very very bad (actually one of my least favorite expressions, now that i think of- and use- it), but after reading “lithe”, followed by “lissome” i found myself imagining sylvester the cat thpluttering his way through this list… maybe that’s just a tribute to mel blanc.
12:16 pm on July 7th, 2011
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6:48 pm on July 7th, 2011
i read every an anyting thats why i lik stumble upon but half of thes words ive never read or heard well done very interesting i must join that site lol
7:20 pm on July 7th, 2011
I’ve always liked “diminish”, “bereft”, and “vestibule”
8:05 pm on July 7th, 2011
Bert….you get so caught up criticizing everybody else’s “unimpressive” words that you never thought to educate us with some impressive ones of your own…..or are you just one of these men that likes to blow hot air…….hmmmm!……pity your “advanced intelligence” doesn’t equate with an advanced civility towards your fellow scribes.
I love to say….just for how it sounds….not because of any deep meaning or history….the word CAMARADERIE.
12:33 am on July 8th, 2011
Thank you for the list of beautiful words………..
My fav word would be Serendipity & Twilight apart from this i would like to add one more: Indimenticabile – an unforgettable holiday
8:24 am on July 8th, 2011
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12:33 pm on July 8th, 2011
grace – for its simplicity, sweetness, and grace.
12:35 pm on July 8th, 2011
James Joyce thought that the most beautiful word in the English language was “cuspidor”.
12:35 pm on July 8th, 2011
I like simulacrum & amalgam.
1:03 pm on July 8th, 2011
menn,i jst luv d list nd i comely with some of d wordz in it.buh dis word”QUINTESSENTAL”is ma favourite one jst lyk d way it sound
1:12 pm on July 8th, 2011
“Liza” mentioned that 34 words on the list are French in origin. That is because French is the most beautiful language on the planet.
1:23 pm on July 8th, 2011
Fugacious? Really?
Why so many beautiful “English” words with French, Spanish, Algonquin or other immediate origins (lagniappe, denouement, ingenue, ratatouille, Susquehanna)?
And why so many multisyllabic words and such few simple words?
And what about:
always
butterfly
dawn
equinox
grace
hollow
mist
moonlight
pillow
rainbow
satin
sigh
soft
solace
solstice
snow
symphony
twilight
twinkle
velvet
whisper
to name just a few?
1:29 pm on July 8th, 2011
Shenandoah
1:37 pm on July 8th, 2011
In studying Spanish we spent an hour talking about one of their greatest words gracia.
Of course, it translates to grace but it was much more–a state of mind and a state of being. And of course with an s it means thanks.
Which brings me to the English word grace which is also is so much more. Graceful is one of the most wonderful words. State of grace is a lovely phrase. Please do not judge the word from the religious desire to co-opt it for their use only. It is one of our finest.
I also want to add fruition. Long one of my favorite words, I became a Sting fan all those years ago when he put it in a song.
1:41 pm on July 8th, 2011
Subtle: it is its definition, and pretty in itself too
3:00 pm on July 8th, 2011
Great list.
Let me add:
Bonhomie – Simple good-heartedness
Eleemosynary – Pertaining to charity
Legerdemain – Sleight of hand
I’ll also second a vote for Callipygian and Defenestration.
3:25 pm on July 8th, 2011
I like Kerfuffle
4:18 pm on July 8th, 2011
I agree with Fernando, but i would include ‘Kind’. A word that even makes the hard K sound soft and nice.
4:54 pm on July 8th, 2011
You forgot Flibbertgibbet.
8:31 am on July 9th, 2011
Sinuous. Love it. I actually heard it for the first time reading The Borrowers Afield:
“A sinuous, feathered current of clear ripples broke the still, sky-reflecting surface of the miniature lake.”
Norton, Mary; Krush, Beth; Krush, Joe (1955-10-27). The Borrowers Afield (p. 78). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.
This is a KIDS book!
11:13 am on July 9th, 2011
i secretly miss “devotion”, sounds kinda beautiful, doesn’t it <3 oh, and "essence" too..
2:02 pm on July 9th, 2011
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5:53 pm on July 9th, 2011
glad i’m not the only one who was looking for CELLAR-DOOR.
9:38 pm on July 9th, 2011
My favorite: synchronicity. It is so much a part of my life.
11:44 pm on July 9th, 2011
oh my gosh!! Susquehanna river! i love that river so much. I know that’s a really weird thing to say but when I lived in Pennsylvania I loved playing in the river.
hah. this is a really well done list by the way!
11:57 pm on July 9th, 2011
Calliope
10:15 am on July 10th, 2011
I love words. So happy to find not only this list of 100, but all the ones suggested in the comments. I wonder if I’m not the only one who used to read through the dictionary just to learn about all the wonderful words.
11:40 am on July 10th, 2011
nice post article…
1:29 pm on July 10th, 2011
Stumbled upon the site, and joining the choir – I love beautiful words as well! My two favorite ones weren’t represented though: Deluge and sepulchral. A bit on the dark side according to most, but since this isn’t the meaning, but the word itself… =)
Thank you for the inspiration!
4:30 pm on July 10th, 2011
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8:28 am on July 11th, 2011
Gezellig – the warm, comfortable feeling of being with people you love.
1:35 pm on July 11th, 2011
Although those words are flowery, I think the short, clear, useful words are beautiful:
get
push
give
love
save
help
need
pain
fear
sent
take
and
to
mom
dad
you
me
3:09 pm on July 11th, 2011
Quaquaversal
3:14 pm on July 11th, 2011
If wanderlust is not on the list, it’s not a list worth having.
Sorry.
3:20 pm on July 11th, 2011
Capricious
5:25 pm on July 11th, 2011
where is the +1 button?
5:34 pm on July 11th, 2011
Jack, you crack me up! But, my favorite word is kapuffle (if thats how you spell it) it’s a british word that means: a big “to-do”
6:27 pm on July 11th, 2011
Was this list not stolen from here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html ?
Perpendicularity.
Ermine.
Azure.
Reticent.
Inkling.
Concomitant.
Discordant.
Fleeting.
7:51 pm on July 11th, 2011
My favorite word is “reverie”. A reverie is a daydream or fantasy.
1:50 am on July 12th, 2011
If you’re allowing ratatouille, you really should have Schadenfreude too.
My favorite word is: yes.
4:26 am on July 12th, 2011
Aww !! This list is too good
7:54 am on July 12th, 2011
Nice list BUT in most cases, a bungalow is not a small cosy cottage …
7:59 am on July 12th, 2011
@Alistair. We dont steal we post what we find online and list our sources. If you look at the bottom of the list you will see such. This list can be found on many sites, however it was not taken from alphadictionary.
9:50 am on July 12th, 2011
I liked the collection though i’d have loved to see the word ” SERENDIPITY”. It’s a nice word
10:02 am on July 12th, 2011
love these I think we all get wrapped up in our favorite words in our daily lives and forget that we have over 171,476 words according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Personally my favorites are facetious discombobulated and you did nail it on the head with Evanescent though. Thank you for these great words. Peace and Prosperity to All
Gil Tapia
10:03 am on July 12th, 2011
That is beautiful, thank you
And yes who cares about where the word comes from it good to know that words could be adopted more easily than children.
One friend told me once a word perfect for most of the words of that list : sesquipedalian
11:33 am on July 12th, 2011
here’s a word that I like that’s not on the list… Stumble!
1:25 pm on July 12th, 2011
I like:
vulva
whisper
grief
sephiroth
glee
fecundity
arabesque
redolent
squish
succour
breath
Dresden
porridge
dirigible
didgeridoo
quatrefoil
flagrant
filigree
philanderer
flamboyant
capsule
crepuscular
bang
languid
waft (I know wafture is there, but I just like waft)
fissure
jelly
jubilee
shell
primordial
eclectic
click
surreal
shuck
slipshod
silly
Oh, alright. I’ll stop here, but I could go on – quite easily; there are so many wonderful words. It is delicious, this language of ours…
1:29 pm on July 12th, 2011
Oops, I absolutely must add, goo. Sorry…
2:48 pm on July 12th, 2011
Sublime!
3:16 pm on July 12th, 2011
Adoration. That is my most favorite word.
3:27 pm on July 12th, 2011
assemblage is french doh
6:56 pm on July 12th, 2011
A lovely post, but what I admire most is the quality of the discussion. It is not often I am as engaged so positively by the discussion following an article, often it is full of arguments and taunts. I was pleasantly surprised and hope to return soon as a result. Thank you.
11:39 pm on July 12th, 2011
I am in love with the fact that scintilla is on the list. All time favorite word. However, I despise that onomatopoeia is on the list! I hate that word. I don’t know why. It just bugs me. It’s not pretty, or particularly fascinating. It’s an awful word. But I’m just a little nitpicky. Great list. I will definitely be using these.
12:14 am on July 13th, 2011
i like trifecta.
5:01 am on July 13th, 2011
Okay. At least now, I will be able to express my self better. Just to let you guys know a lady approached me seekijg my assistance in drafting a letter for her to her hubby whom was overseas at the time. This is how it went.
Dear ….,
I miss you so much and instead of this ,com.au. yahoo.e-mail wanting to see you so and so.yes.sure.com, etc, etc,just the scintilla in your eyes will do me the whole world…wish I had known the word then-scintilla. I hope I used it right.
Thanks anyway. Thumbs up
John
7:38 am on July 13th, 2011
Hoyden. A word that apparently accurately described me as a child!
5:53 pm on July 13th, 2011
Greetings! I’ve added some more on my website here: http://bit.ly/pqxhR1 and http://bit.ly/pqxhR1
Lavender, noctilucent, murmur, triumphant … and my own personal favorite, authenticity.
8:21 pm on July 13th, 2011
they forgot one…
101. moist (in a gristly sexual wisper)
8:51 pm on July 13th, 2011
I love words
This list made my night. How cool is this? 
9:42 pm on July 13th, 2011
Bella, I too love that Susquehanna is on here. I lived in Pennsylvania up until 4 years ago. If I were to suggest a name derived from a location in Pennsylvania, I would have chosen “Centralia” -A city that is slowly becoming a ghost town due to an underground coal fire that has forced many to leave home and hearth behind.
My favorite, lovely word?
Wisteria.
10:38 pm on July 13th, 2011
I think both of us have managed to miss the presence of the word “Serendipity” somehow.
I am sorry. This word is there in the original 100 most beautiful words published you. I am sorry for missing it.
11:50 pm on July 13th, 2011
Indeed a very beautiful list.
I like the words ‘relish’ and ‘reminiscent’ too.
1:28 pm on July 14th, 2011
My favorite word is one that truly rolls off the tongue: spit. Others in my top ten: phlegm, wart, turd, stench, corrosive, scum, yecchh, nauseous and Obama.
5:34 pm on July 14th, 2011
These aren’t even the most beautiful words… they are just unique ones.
2:26 am on July 15th, 2011
Fractious is a word I like very much. Describes to a “t” the way I sometimes feel.
I often hear that texting and tweeting are creating a monosyllabic way of communicating. Not so if this site is anything to go by.
5:15 pm on July 15th, 2011
How about the two words Henry James thought the most beautiful: summer afternoon?
6:05 pm on July 15th, 2011
Your definition of “desultory” does not agree with the dictionary’s. It may or may not be sluggish but is mainly characterized by randomness, as a circus rider jumping from horse to horse (the word’s origin).
11:32 am on July 18th, 2011
I can’t believe ‘pure’ isn’t there.
Also, nearly the whole English language is derived from other languages. We’ve been invaded so many times, almost nothing is our own.
Well that’s what I’ve been lead to believe, anyway. Please don’t attack me if I’m wrong.
12:15 am on July 19th, 2011
I believe that there is beauty in so many words… It’s tough to create a list that will entail everybodies personal favorite word. Especially when limiting it to simply 100. My personal favorite is tranquility, it’s a beautifully enticing and sexual word in my mind
12:51 am on July 19th, 2011
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2:49 am on July 19th, 2011
“Ponder.” That should have made the list. Just hearing the word makes you pause and, well, ponder it : )
12:59 pm on July 19th, 2011
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8:24 pm on July 19th, 2011
#1 on my list – callipygian
callipygian (or callipygous) – adjective – having well-shaped buttocks.
7:43 am on July 20th, 2011
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8:06 am on July 20th, 2011
The exercise is interesting, and the list is admirable.
However, it is flawed in missing “rhythm” and “elegant”. Omitting latter is fitting since the overall list shows a bias towards syllables and complex sound over style and simplicity.
11:11 am on July 20th, 2011
One of the beauties of the English language is that we may feel free to borrow from other languages words that express more exactly the meaning we wish to convey. They then become English words by virtue of their use by us English speakers/writers. So it isn’t quite correct to say that a word doesn’t belong in the list because it has a “foreign” origin. We may all properly celebrate the fact that we don’t have an “academy” (language police) to tell us that we have to keep the language “pure”. That’s baloney. Or is it bologna?
10:09 pm on July 20th, 2011
I thought I was well aware of most of all of the most admired words in the English language, but you’ve proven me to be wrong. This is a really great resource for writers! Glad to have found your blog. Stumbled!
10:11 pm on July 20th, 2011
You had me at the first word for cat-lover. It must have taken a lot of time to compile these words. Some of these, I had forgotten that they even exist. Good work on this!
11:05 pm on July 20th, 2011
u forgot the most classy word of the english language.. HAMBURGER
2:23 am on July 21st, 2011
I can best identify with the word Pyrrhic because of its meaning.
10:14 am on July 21st, 2011
As a writer, I truly appreciate this! I feel like reading the words that inspire people gives a glimpse of their personality- in the same way that one’s writing is a projection of their mind.
My favorite words:
venerable, mercurial, reticent, morose, envoy, avarice, parlance, candor, clemency, admonish, efface, render, and sage.
11:01 am on July 21st, 2011
I didn’t read all comments as yet. One of my favorites is syzygy.
noun pl. syzygies -·gies. a pair of things, esp. a pair of opposites; Astron., Rare either of two opposing points in the orbit of a celestial body, …
9:52 am on July 22nd, 2011
This is fun. I’m going to challenge myself to use 5 or 6 of these (forgive my spelling)this weekend:
unflappable
anathema
delectable
apt
bouyant
ebulliant
scads
filigree
opulent
esoteric
hubris
vitriol
crestfallen
beleaguer
shrewd
stellar
miscreant
piety
disingenuos
usurped
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4:21 am on July 24th, 2011
The labyrinthine lagoon’s languor, fugaciously imbued the ineffable insouciance of the harbringer.
12:10 pm on July 24th, 2011
Codswallop!
9:36 am on July 25th, 2011
Phantasmagoric
4:21 am on July 26th, 2011
It is refreshing to know that you don’t have to use the same mundane words to express yourself. I think that this list is extremely helpful and enlightening.
10:31 am on July 27th, 2011
my favourite is “fetching”
10:33 am on July 27th, 2011
you misspelled harbinger, Daniel
12:40 pm on July 27th, 2011
“Lullaby” is as musical spoken aloud as it is by definition of the word itself.
5:18 pm on July 27th, 2011
Very Good list, but you forgot one. Diarrhea. Although it does not have a pretty meaning, the word itself is beautiful.
9:16 am on July 29th, 2011
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12:44 am on July 31st, 2011
I may have missed it in the other comments, but:
Hallelujah!
7:48 am on July 31st, 2011
my favorite word, destiny is not here. but oh well, those are great too.
12:25 pm on July 31st, 2011
I would like to also add eviscerate, the meaning itself is not so beautiful but to the tongue and ears it is lavish
10:00 pm on August 1st, 2011
Great list. Quagmire is missing!
12:08 pm on August 2nd, 2011
Scrumtrulescent.
3:47 pm on August 2nd, 2011
I kind of thought the purpose of this list is words that are beautiful (and fun, at least for some people) to pronounce, which would be why simpler shorter words wouldn’t be included. But if that is the case, then ‘love’ wouldn’t be on this list either.
@Burt Some people like to use and hear different words – not to IMPRESS but just for pure entertainment. And reading about them and thinking about using them may even lead to them looking up their etymology.
In any case, I loved this list and many of the other suggestions. Like others have mentioned, it was fun just to say them out loud.
6:39 pm on August 2nd, 2011
Thank you for the lovely list and to those of you who politely added to it.
A few favorites of mine I didn’t see above:
apocryphal
ambient
barometric
celadon
cellophane
dauntless
embrace
flamingo
gracious
gradual
mariner
marmalade
miasma (strange that it sounds so nice, because it means “stench”)
milliner
silo
4:09 am on August 3rd, 2011
i didn’t know some of those word until now. many thanks
5:07 pm on August 4th, 2011
You have some very interesting collection of Beautiful words!
8:40 pm on August 5th, 2011
It may be of German origin but glockenspiel does it for me
6:28 pm on August 7th, 2011
*Serenity
1:00 am on August 8th, 2011
impervious is the word that i would add
5:02 pm on August 8th, 2011
You forgot one of my faves: bludgeon. It just rolls off the tongue but is never used in news nor police reports. Bummer, that.
3:33 am on August 9th, 2011
Haberdashery. Love this word. Love to say it in different accents….tehe:)
6:54 am on August 9th, 2011
I think this might answer why there’s so much French here…
— the STATUE OF LIBERTY travelled from France to America.
10:22 am on August 9th, 2011
Wonderful collection! Enjoyed going through the list….much like Reader’s Digest’s well known one. Great idea….
12:29 pm on August 9th, 2011
What a fascinating list. I just read through all of the comments and loved all the additions, and arguments for and against words. There is a bias to words of French origin on the list, but so what? The English language got splattered with French starting in 1066. I notice that the letter L looms large on the list. Perhaps we find it particularly mellifluous…
Great conversation, keep it going.
1:10 pm on August 9th, 2011
Couldn’t agree more that superfluous should be on the list. I actually scrolled through to find it and was disappointed. I remember that word being on a vocab test my sophomore year of high school and from that moment on, it was my favorite word. Lackadaisical. Also whimsy.
4:34 pm on August 9th, 2011
Very interesting list.
I didnt know several words.
Thanks
7:43 pm on August 9th, 2011
In some ways, all words are beautiful
12:31 am on August 10th, 2011
Here’s a baker’s dozen that I like but aren’t listed so far:
flagellation, laceration, incantation, recalcitrant, insolent, redolent, opprobrium, antediluvian, paroxysm, cataclysm, catatonic, voluptuous, ennui
4:02 am on August 10th, 2011
I think I’m even fonder of the interactions that have transpired in discussing the original list than I am of the “100″ list itself. Thus it is that I decided to collect all your nominations — these are MOST of the words you’ve all offered that weren’t on the original “100″ list. Sorry about the complicated URL… that’s the space I had available…
http://franksbonitaretreat.com/page1/page303.html Might see if our local parish magazine would be interested in this…
6:49 am on August 10th, 2011
Confabulate – to make radomly things up (B.S. in other words!)
10:57 am on August 10th, 2011
This wasn’t actually written by whoever this is, it’s a list of the words most commonly used by a poet, can’t remember exactly who, but we got given it as a handout in english
2:05 pm on August 10th, 2011
Simply Amazing! I loved this list. My favorite here has to be Petrichor! Does anyone have any more?
7:42 pm on August 10th, 2011
Those are lovely words! Quite a lot derived from French and Latin but still, beautiful on the tongue & the sound.
Thanks for the list.
One of my favorites that I didn’t see on the list is Dandelion, it’s a name of a flower and not a word but still…
12:05 am on August 12th, 2011
It doesn’t have a pretty meaning but I’ve always thought “putrefaction” is such a pretty word
3:55 pm on August 12th, 2011
umm…. this is kinda silly…. most of these words are loan words from latin, italian and french vocabulary…… you think they are pretty because they have “romance” language origins. so…. yeah….
6:39 pm on August 12th, 2011
I’m a crestfallen fan as well. Laced with a little irony I have dropped it into conversations and made a few people smile over the years. For its simplicity, the way it is verbalised and its capacity to convey meaning in an understated way I also love splendid.
8:29 am on August 14th, 2011
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1:28 pm on August 14th, 2011
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9:07 pm on August 14th, 2011
A beautiful compilation which will surely help the students and writers.
11:22 pm on August 14th, 2011
My favorite word is probably “Equinox”. It’s just so pretty-sounding.
6:03 pm on August 15th, 2011
How did you limit to 100 … So many beautiful words available …
Assonence ~ You got the rhyme all wrong
Inter alia ~ among other things (Yeah two words … but oh so nice);
Facetious ~ inappropriate humor;
Omnipotent ~ Having unlimited power; able to do anything;
Priapism ~ beautiful word for terrible pain (Look it up);
Ubiquitous ~ found everywhere.
3:18 pm on August 16th, 2011
All of your words are beautiful, so you should offer for auction in all. I would like to admire to your works, so you would set to work
9:56 pm on August 16th, 2011
I love these words and would like to print them for easy reference but they are shown as white letters on a black background and my printer is black and white only. How can I do it? HELP
12:31 am on August 17th, 2011
I must say that this was a rather impressive list. I have decided to put it all in a sentence
I’ll post a sentence later…
12:43 am on August 17th, 2011
OOPS assonAnce TYPO
5:25 am on August 17th, 2011
Nice words but still lot of stuff remains.
6:14 am on August 17th, 2011
Hey, great list! Thank you for posting! May use some of these words for my thesis…
9:08 pm on August 17th, 2011
Nice list! I love words
but you missed ‘discombobulated’.
11:48 am on August 18th, 2011
I love words….one of my fav’s is Myriad!
6:53 pm on August 18th, 2011
Oh, but you cannot forget haberdashery.
8:07 pm on August 18th, 2011
this is awesome! i love euphonious words…its a game my bf hates! my favorites are myrmecophagine (ant-eater like), zwolf (german for 12), and pamplemouse (french for grapefruit). But really and truly, this game could go on for days (and does.)
12:21 am on August 19th, 2011
I like affable,infinity.quirk,and how my10 month old grandson says ning! when he’s angry. I spend a lot of time with him and am enchanted to hear his speech develop and witness the amount of time he practices each sound. th is the funniest. I enjoyed this list as well as the conglomeration of opinions.
11:24 am on August 19th, 2011
Great list… i love words. I have many favorite words, and can’t see how anyone picks just one word. A few of my favorites are Onomatopoeia and some that are not on the list: superfluous, panache, savvy, and I do love crestfallen too although I can’t say I use it much. Fuck is one of my favorites…so versatile: fuck off, fuck you, go fuck yourself, fuckin’ A, fuck up… it’s endless I remember seeing “fuck” in an important book about language — Maybe “Mother Tongue,” 20+ years ago and the author was not only noting its versatility but also that saying, “Get Fucked” is interesting in that it’s a most highly pleasurable activity so it’s like saying, “Make a lot of money!” Supposedly English is unusual in its use of combining pleasures with our profanities.
11:26 am on August 19th, 2011
oh gosh, I DO have a favorite: gossamer… i totally love that word.
4:32 pm on August 19th, 2011
Melancholy is my personal favorite word. Divinity and poppy are also very nice. But I loved your list, well done.
6:55 pm on August 19th, 2011
My favorite words are luminescent and transcendental….
2:29 pm on August 20th, 2011
I would add synaesthesia, skeewiff and my all time favourite, jouissance to the list.
5:19 am on August 22nd, 2011
Most of these words actually have French roots, so they aren’t really beautiful English words. =P
9:15 am on August 24th, 2011
How grandiloquent-a beautiful word in disguise.
9:54 am on August 25th, 2011
PULCHRITUDE ! Is my favorite word.
4:25 pm on August 25th, 2011
Flabbergasted! =overwhelmingly exciting or overwhelmingly bad
6:41 pm on August 25th, 2011
lol jack. im really happy that was one first comments
4:54 am on August 26th, 2011
Silvan is the best word.
6:32 am on August 26th, 2011
I personally love the word maelstrom.
10:01 am on August 26th, 2011
This list was fun. A walk down memory lane. One word I would like to see on it is FIZGIG. It is such a bubbly word
11:32 am on August 26th, 2011
As a poet it is a joy to see so many comments and friends that love words. I invite you all to join my web site and express yourself and your special words. This has truly been a treat.
11:51 am on August 26th, 2011
hahaha this list adds many words in my vocabulary.
my faves are Lagniappe, Dalliance, Diaphanous, Ebullience, Ethereal, Halcyon, Inglenook, Lilt, Lissome, Mondegreen, Palimpsest, Panacea, Pastiche, Petrichor, and Tintinnabulation.
I never know that the word alimuong has English word which is Petrichor.
1:17 pm on August 26th, 2011
Love this list of words. Think I’ll save it to Documents.
1:48 pm on August 26th, 2011
I, too, am a word junkie. Some faves not on the list:
facetious (all the vowels in order and everyone likes to be witty!)
petulant (peevish…also a good word)
aficionado (more than a fan, devotee; yes, I learned it from Hemingway)
A great quote I came across this year:
“Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer’s daughter.” — Julius Conroe
3:39 pm on August 26th, 2011
What about naivete? or somnambulation? or circumbilivagination? amaranthine?
11:14 pm on August 26th, 2011
Limerance – the state of being carried away by unreasoned passion or love
6:15 am on August 27th, 2011
this list is charming !! i love all the words they do sound pretty !!
5:13 pm on August 27th, 2011
I like dulcet candy
4:43 am on August 28th, 2011
rythm is very important
for me i would place the words in different order
if you find them beautiful
to me more than beauty
the meaning
10:35 am on August 28th, 2011
Glad to see someone else mention “myriad”, it really is such a beautiful word; it’s synonyms are all either brutish and clumsy or at best plain and functional – who would ever choose “multitudinous” or even “countless” when such a lyrical and graceful word as “myriad” exists?!
5:35 pm on August 28th, 2011
None of those words are actually original from English language, they all are derivated terms from another languages
12:15 pm on August 29th, 2011
I would have like to have seen “AH”.
8:01 am on August 30th, 2011
The English words I like repeating are: melody, cornucopia, euphoria, love, pretty
9:08 am on August 30th, 2011
you forgot the word perhaps and clairvoyance…such wonderful words. so is the word wonderful:)
6:35 pm on August 30th, 2011
paralipsis: Saying something by way of stating that you are not going to say it.
8:27 pm on August 30th, 2011
what eloquence, I am tired of people using words like happy, sad, bored ext.
5:38 pm on August 31st, 2011
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9:03 pm on August 31st, 2011
Aww, you don’t have my favorite word:
Verdant: lush, green
1:40 am on September 1st, 2011
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9:18 am on September 1st, 2011
when I read the headline, I knew the following words would make an appearance: Epiphany, Serendipity. Read the post to confirm.
Very nice list. Some overlooked words such as “love” and “brood” were are worthwhile inclusions
10:21 am on September 1st, 2011
I’ve always thought the word ‘laundry’ was pretty. Say it outloud several times. I love that word (but not such much the task).
11:16 am on September 1st, 2011
I like judicious for the “J” slot
6:16 pm on September 1st, 2011
what about “simon”….. gee whizz
4:04 am on September 2nd, 2011
I am truly sorry guys. I think most here are confused between a beautiful word and a bombastic word (complex). Bombastic words do not necessarily mean they are beautiful. To me, such words like “beautiful”, “jaded”, “viral” and even the word “I” are very beautiful indeed.
12:00 pm on September 2nd, 2011
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4:20 pm on September 2nd, 2011
Lycanthrope I think has a musical quality for a monster.
12:53 am on September 3rd, 2011
Elbow. In Dennis Potter’s ‘The Singing Detective’ the Marlow (Michael Gambon) tells the very pretty nurse (Joanne Whalley) that ‘Elbow’ is the most beautiful sounding word in the English language. This is where the very wonderful band ‘Elbow’ got their name from.
6:42 pm on September 4th, 2011
Undulate. Say it with feeling. And drawl it out. Can’t you just SEE it?
7:55 pm on September 4th, 2011
Beautiful gathering of some lovely words. I also like serendipity.
3:25 pm on September 5th, 2011
I surprised at how many of these I found ‘not beautiful’ to my ear at all, like “assemblage”. Makes me think of appendage. I agree with many of them though, and many more from the comments. My favorite word because of the image it conjures in my mind is “passersby,” while the word I think is most beautiful purely for its sound is “ethereal” which did make your list. Thanks for letting me share these and thank you for your list.
5:32 pm on September 5th, 2011
مرحبا
5:39 pm on September 5th, 2011
sorry i mane hi
8:44 pm on September 5th, 2011
My three favorite words for their beauty: silhouette, brilliance, and cadence. Someone else mentioned resplendent or something like that and I agree. I think I have a list somewhere.
2:08 pm on September 7th, 2011
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12:16 pm on September 8th, 2011
nice…
8:55 pm on September 8th, 2011
Honestly, I have no idea why but my favourite word in the whole world is Lovely. I also like Goodbye. And Nevertheless, because it is three words in one. Oh, and Laughter! The word itself just produces a vibe of joy, you know?
11:47 am on September 10th, 2011
Beautiful words,nostalgic,polemic and melancholic are such nice words too.
4:48 pm on September 10th, 2011
I really enjoyed this list, being a thesaurus whore, but the problem with some of the definitions is that you have used a verb to define a noun, or the reverse. For instance wafture is a noun and the *act* of waving or the actual motion, not “waving” which is a verb.
I’m not trying to be picky, but being a writer AND really appreciating your list, using the proper form of the defining word (particularly when using only one word) would be helpful, especially for those words I had never heard of. I learned some new ones, was reintroduced to some old ones and am book marking your list.
Thanks!
1:07 am on September 12th, 2011
I’ve always liked ‘platypus”
1:11 am on September 12th, 2011
I’ve always liked ‘platypus’ …
5:40 pm on September 12th, 2011
I’m going to try to use 3 of these words a day for the next month. Each of them will be used in my customer service calls.
This will be fun!
If anyone else is up for the challenge, I’m going to blog about it on my Customer Service Training Blog. Feel free to comment on your experience.
1:43 am on September 13th, 2011
Soliloquy has long been my favorite — it just rolls off the tongue.
1:55 pm on September 13th, 2011
Interesting list.. which one exactly was the English word? Most seem to be latin or greek.
3:18 pm on September 13th, 2011
I love the words on the list. I am going to compile a list of my own as a reminder to myself that I have choices in the language I use.
7:56 pm on September 13th, 2011
These are lovely…. I’m especially glad to see diaphanous and tintinnabulation ^^
I’d love to see susurrus and vitreous on the list too, though.
1:30 am on September 14th, 2011
Favorite word? Now, this HAS to be special. Simple, but effective.
4:59 pm on September 14th, 2011
find missing people find sunshine yang ,jackson yang ,paul yang and tau yang need to make sure since born till now they never missing
8:02 pm on September 14th, 2011
One word I particularly enjoy is GOBSMACKED, which is an adjective used to describe a look of shock. I reall like it because it sounds exactly like what it describes. Wonderful list.
10:06 pm on September 14th, 2011
balmy
12:08 pm on September 15th, 2011
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4:30 pm on September 15th, 2011
100 most beautiful word in english that sound incredebly french
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2:41 am on September 18th, 2011
Aha!Overall are massively immense captivating words, Well the words that I like the highest are;
Apt
Bigot
chic
Deft
Stoic
Sane
Sly
Sonic
pal
fop
zest
5:47 am on September 19th, 2011
In Icelandic these words are thought to be the most beautyful:
Kærleikur (love), pronounced: Kjairlakur (æ = i in Jive) (ei = a in make) (u = u in but)
Ljósmóðir (midwife), pronounced: (j = Y in York), (ó = o in no), (ð = th in the), (i = i in his).
Good luck:)
Larus
1:39 am on September 20th, 2011
Another two that I love: Audacious … and Saucy … do you agree?
6:27 am on September 20th, 2011
i like them love is cool
4:06 am on September 24th, 2011
Im glad my favorite words, Ephemeral and Evanescence, made it in there. Mellifluous is a beautifull word. Im also gratefull that I learned the word Petrichor. I now have a name for something that Ive always greatly enjoyed. I would add Ablexxive just because its such a head turner. It means “Overwhelmingly confusing”
Mollywop and Chutzpah are also eyebrow raisers.
6:19 pm on September 25th, 2011
“Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.”
Robert E. Lee
3:09 am on September 26th, 2011
It is a shame but ablexxive does not exist!Expendable is wonderful.
1:07 pm on October 1st, 2011
Well, you may be thinking of the 100 most beautiful meanings, and is not taking into consideration the sonorous beauty of the words.
For example, nobody (who doesn’t speak English and so wouldn’t know its meaning) would consider “becoming” a beautiful word (BEE-KAH… What?). “Brood”? No way! And so on. Actually, this list is full of some quite cacophonic words.
Now, a word like “felicity” with all these sibilant sounds, and the beautiful “L” in the middle, may be considered beautiful by anyone who listens to it (even if they can’t understand English). Top it with a beautiful meaning, there’s a beautiful word!
Other beautiful words in this list would be: Effervescent, Love, Scintilla etc (not many etc’s I’m afraid).
1:17 pm on October 8th, 2011
this peg is very important for every one
1:57 am on October 11th, 2011
Haven’t you noticed that most of them are inherited from other languages, especially French! such as Assemblage, Chatoyant, Dalliance, etc..
English is not a beauty language despite it’s scientific importance!
7:03 am on October 14th, 2011
I love the word “melody”. It rings sweetly into my ears.
5:28 am on October 15th, 2011
‘Starling’ – I love that word – it’s evocative and diminutive and celestial and also just a bird…
PS – it was TOLKIEN (not Poe) that thought ‘Cellar door’ created the most beautiful spoken sounds. @Kristofer – don’t think of it as two words – just ONE beautiful sound – something like ‘Selador’ – almost French sounding….(not that Tolkien liked French words!!)
2:30 pm on October 15th, 2011
Wonderful varied collection and many good ones in the comments left too. Wish there weren’t so many picky complainers (they should go make their own collection online).
9:06 am on October 27th, 2011
BEAUTIFULL WORDS ARE THE BEST WORDS AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY BODY
2:28 pm on November 1st, 2011
I am a 16 year old German girl that absolutely admires language and thus stumbling across such pages definitely makes me felicitous. For many people in our society, words are nothing than unprepossessing printed letters, just letters strung together, helping us to bring across a message, our needs and wants. But for me, they have always been the key to another world. Yes, for me language is nothing to communicate, but rather a beautiful key to myself, my deepest thoughts, like a gift. I knew the feeling of reading a poem rife with ancient, beautiful language, onomatopoetic words, and suddenly becoming aware of the incredibly pleasant warmth they leave behind. Their power and strength gently covering me like a warm blanket.
Though totally agreeing with most of the words (such as diaphanous, evanescence,mellifluous,..), I also have to remark that some of them are also kind of “ugly” or boring, respectively (at least from my point of view)
For me, when it comes to deciding whether a word is beautiful, I have to take into consideration the associative, sonic and optic “part” of a word. Usually, the sonic one outweights the other two ones, hence I consider words like “brood” not as beautiful as those already mentioned above.
9:49 am on November 2nd, 2011
That’s a really nice list, I love the words Callous and Colossal too
1:43 am on November 8th, 2011
This is an amazing list of words…. i have never came across to so many of them…..Is there any word which means “amazing creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind” other than Portrayal…. pls help
2:44 am on November 10th, 2011
Thanks so much! I will use some of these in my essays to impress my teachers!!
6:30 pm on November 10th, 2011
Wow! I appreciate the list. Very beautiful words…very dreamy! words that have captivated me since my time and still hold true for me today are these and more simple but so powerful words/names in their simplicity, they are:
Love
life
Truth
Forgiveness
Holy
Spirit
Faith
belief
hope
crown
freedom
sun
Mercy
undone
triune
humility
Majesty
glory
peace
lilly
valley
Jesus and grace!!
always bring me to tears** exciting my limbic system
Love
4:43 pm on November 15th, 2011
Custard. Sententious. Rhinocerotic. Crepuscular. Trope. Atrabilious. Peeve. Bombastic. Hoodwink.
12:07 pm on November 22nd, 2011
The words given selectedly are used in our daily life but the english language is beautiful only the appropriate correct word is used to express our thought. For this this is very useful to everyone.
2:06 am on November 29th, 2011
I’m going to go with “scintillating” as one of the most beautiful words, phonetically speaking, and “freedom” as one of the most beautiful words conceptually.
1:23 pm on December 3rd, 2011
i like “erstwhile” the best…
3:16 pm on December 4th, 2011
I love the word ricochet.
11:13 pm on December 8th, 2011
Wow ! I love this site. I am happy to learn I am not the only word lover. Here are my favorite words!! They are equally beautiful in Latin.
Tranquil Tranquility
Serene Serenity
harmony Harmonious
7:06 pm on December 9th, 2011
I stumbled (now that’s a nice one) upon this site by accident and became so fascinated that now I can’t remember what I was looking for in the first place !
Thanks to Reesie for reminding me of my mother calling someone a “Flibbertygibbet”.
Three small words I like..which seem to mean the way they sound…are “babble”, “murmer” and “melody”.
I feel our language (in Australia) has generally become very restricted…eg everything is “awesome” and it is exciting to see so many people interested in words and using them.
I’m ancient, but in my schooldays, poetry and Shakespeare were taught within the classroom, and it was only when, siitting in a bus on an English motorway and passing a field of sweet-smelling flowers, that I suddenly realized the secret to learning (and enjoying) poetry …and Shakespeare ….might be to be outside, leaning up against a comfortable tree trunk and smelling the flowers !. Or maybe on a wind-swept hill on a blustery day for the less gentle poems. Oh well…that’s what I think..
No I’ll go back to the beginning and read all the posts which I scrolled past in an effort to get to somewhere where I could send my own message… Many thanks.
8:16 pm on December 9th, 2011
Many greek words! Nice list!
10:03 pm on December 9th, 2011
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7:59 pm on December 13th, 2011
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8:04 pm on December 13th, 2011
Glad I ‘stumbled’ on this page. Truly enjoyed your list and the 444 added in the comments! Make mine the 445th: discombobulate, an onomatopoeia.
8:19 pm on December 13th, 2011
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11:42 pm on December 13th, 2011
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1:04 am on December 14th, 2011
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7:37 am on December 14th, 2011
Lovely!
How about pulchritudinous? I love it cuz it’s not the prettiest word but describes beauty.
\http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pulchritudinous
9:33 am on December 14th, 2011
Nice list! So many words from old Latin language… What a joy for me!
10:24 am on December 14th, 2011
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7:59 am on December 15th, 2011
Tintinambulation is more correctly bell-ringing, such as to play a tune or a call to worship.
2:50 pm on December 16th, 2011
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11:42 am on December 19th, 2011
They also forgot this really cool word that bi discovered in school….
“Flabbergasted”. Meaning relly excited or anxious and there’s even a book called flabbergasted!:-P come on now I should be encouraging for to wanna use this word….
Lolerz B-)
6:28 pm on December 19th, 2011
Titillating, isn’t it?
8:20 pm on December 19th, 2011
Such a fabulous list! Thanks for sharing
3:38 am on December 20th, 2011
What a linguistic blast! Reading through the list gives you an appropriate feeling of how big the English vocabulary really is: about 2 million words. Thus, my most favourite word at the time being is “glocalisation”, which means: “Think globally, act locally!” Thanks a lot for the listing.
1:42 pm on December 20th, 2011
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4:47 pm on December 20th, 2011
You forgot “autumn” and “autumnal”.
12:51 am on December 21st, 2011
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5:12 am on December 21st, 2011
Ohhhhhh….I have to add one! Scrupulous. I love that word!
8:51 am on December 21st, 2011
Nightingale, Luthien( a character in Silmarillion), wind, asunder, silver, fluorescent, hearken and many besides..great list!
9:12 am on December 24th, 2011
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6:02 pm on December 26th, 2011
Pernicious
Pulchritudinous
Perspicacious
Defenestrate
I love this list SO much!
4:09 pm on December 27th, 2011
SEPULCHRAL should be on the list. There’s so much beauty in gloomy words.
1:05 am on December 29th, 2011
Wat bout D word- Xanthosis, psychosomatic, paraphernalia, xylophone, yahct, crisp, enzyme, xenophobia, anglophobia, pulchritude,weapon, arsenal I fink it’s really onomatopoeaic
1:05 am on December 29th, 2011
Wat bout D word- Xanthosis, psychosomatic, paraphernalia, xylophone, yahct, crisp, enzyme, xenophobia, anglophobia, pulchritude,weapon, astigmatism, arsenal I fink it’s really onomatopoeaic
1:33 pm on December 29th, 2011
Lagniappe translates from the Cajun to “a little something extra”…
10:49 am on December 30th, 2011
well, if you like Susquehanna, then you must also like Shenandoah, equally as pleasing to the ear.
12:04 pm on December 30th, 2011
Th smoothest place name I can think of is Cimarron, a river name in the American West.
The French have always maintained that English is merely French, poorly spoken.
Dick
2:45 am on December 31st, 2011
I’m really quite fond of the word ‘Echo’.
You can hear the word repeat in your head when you say it, huh?
Plus, there’s a rich myth behind the word to boot.
8:54 am on December 31st, 2011
Does anyone know the word “valukus” My grandfather used it as a small suitcase to carry his small objects, especially his medicine. I’m 79 so its a very old word
8:55 am on December 31st, 2011
Another unused word is cultch….junk, messy stuff. Covers a multitude of sins.
5:52 pm on January 1st, 2012
Humbly, may I add a perfectly expressive swear word? Rex Stout, author, used it for New York detective, Nero Wolfe? It is PIFFLE. It is to be enunciated with a tone of extreme disgust.
3:32 pm on January 2nd, 2012
I absolutely love to say the word quirky, or even better just plain quirk. Go on say it out loud, it is just so darn satisfying!!
10:43 am on January 3rd, 2012
I am a linguist and many of those definitions are a poor choice of what the word really means.
4:45 pm on January 4th, 2012
ELBOW! this should be obvious friends. say it. elbow.
your welcome.
7:28 pm on January 5th, 2012
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12:39 am on January 6th, 2012
I must admit i’ve never been so Baffled or Befuddled, Flumbergasted normally i’m the one spouting the big words!
Succumb
atrocious
benign
repose
Tranquility
Knowledgeable
Flustered
6:26 am on January 7th, 2012
I’m not trying to be picky, but being a writer AND really appreciating your list, using the proper form of the defining word (particularly when using only one word) would be helpful, especially for those words I had never heard of. I learned some new ones, was reintroduced to some old ones and am book marking your list.Lithe Slender and flexible. Lilt To move musically or lively. Love Deep affection. Leisure Free time. Mellifluous Sweet sounding. 100 Most beautiful words in the English Thanks to Reesie for reminding me of my mother calling someone a “Flibbertygibbet”.
Three small words I like..which seem to mean the way they sound…are “babble”, “murmer” and “melody”.
I feel our language (in Australia) has generally become very restricted…eg everything is “awesome” and it is exciting to see so many people interested in words and using them.
I’m ancient, but in my schooldays, poetry and Shakespeare were taught within the classroom, and it was only when, siitting in a bus on an English motorway and passing a field of sweet-smelling flowers, that I suddenly realized the secret to learning (and enjoying) poetry …and Shakespeare ….might be to be outside, leaning up against a comfortable tree trunk and smelling the flowers !. Or maybe on a wind-swept hill on a blustery day for the less gentle poems. Oh well…that’s what I think..
No I’ll go back to the beginning and read all the posts which I scrolled past in an effort to get to somewhere where I could send my own message.For many people in our society, words are nothing than unprepossessing printed letters, just letters strung together, helping us to bring across a message, our needs and wants. But for me, they have always been the key to another world. Yes, for me language is nothing to communicate, but rather a beautiful key to myself, my deepest thoughts, like a gift. I knew the feeling of reading a poem rife with ancient, beautiful language, onomatopoetic words, and suddenly becoming aware of the incredibly pleasant warmth they leave behind. Their power and strength gently covering me like a warm blanket.
Though totally agreeing with most of the words (such as diaphanous, evanescence,mellifluous,..), I also have to remark that some of them are also kind of “ugly” or boring, respectively (at least from my point of view)
For me, when it comes to deciding whether a word is beautiful, I have to take into consideration the associative, sonic and optic “part” of a word. Usually, the sonic one outweights the other two ones, hence I consider words like “brood” not as beautiful as those already mentioned above.
8:58 am on January 7th, 2012
Interesting list; although not necessarily the most beautiful 100. I guess it is the “eye of the beholder”; or in this case the ear and the mouth of the beholder. Most astounding is the little knowledge about their origins–as most of them derive from Greek or Latin; which eventually became French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. What surprises me most however, is the poor writing, poor grammar and inadequate use.
11:34 am on January 9th, 2012
What about ‘flabbergast’ ? It’s a nice word.
6:36 pm on January 9th, 2012
Feckless. (But it’s a great list as is.)
11:27 am on January 11th, 2012
some wonderful words
11:28 am on January 11th, 2012
some of the words are wonderful but some are weird to me
10:12 pm on January 11th, 2012
i just wanna say thanks to the host of this site cus i am able to get find some words that i couldnt get in ma dictionary thanks alot
11:37 pm on January 11th, 2012
Ambrosial
11:43 pm on January 11th, 2012
My favorite words are Crimson, Eleven, Delight, and Petrichor (which I was quite happy to see on the list!).
They remind me of one of my dearest friends.
7:30 am on January 12th, 2012
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5:29 pm on January 14th, 2012
I think you left out the word blouse.
7:41 pm on January 14th, 2012
profilgacy – shameless extravagance
10:18 pm on January 15th, 2012
A really simple word, but ‘cloud’ is my favorite.
11:45 pm on January 15th, 2012
Love words, word lists, word games and learning new words. The beauty of language amazes me sometimes. I would love to see the phonetic pronunciation of the words printed also as some of them I could not figure out, and it would be nice not to have to try to find them in a dictionary.
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9:25 am on January 17th, 2012
My favorite word is “bioluminescence.” It’s the stuff that makes fireflies light up. Flows right off the tongue. (Tough to spell, though…)
12:35 pm on January 17th, 2012
NERDSSSS!!! HAHAHAHAH
4:33 am on January 18th, 2012
Ambrosial
5:07 pm on January 20th, 2012
Some one got an “A” in English but a “D” in math! I count more than 10 words here!
5:08 pm on January 20th, 2012
Woops! It wasn’t me!!
11:42 am on January 21st, 2012
New life goal: Use all of these at least once.
8:10 am on January 23rd, 2012
my favorite german word is ´kleintierkörpersammelstelle´(pet corpse deposit).
i know,it sounds much nicer than what it stands for.
9:13 am on January 23rd, 2012
Nice, very nice. But what about Beloved?
Some more:
Abyss
Despair
Eternal
Divine
5:40 pm on January 23rd, 2012
What a joy!
8:35 pm on January 23rd, 2012
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1:28 pm on January 24th, 2012
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1:32 pm on January 24th, 2012
Alas! My favorite beautiful word is not included – “haven.”
5:27 pm on January 24th, 2012
Thank you
Beatiful word
11:24 am on January 25th, 2012
Its really nice collection… very interesting…. n n n….. awesomest….. I liked it yaar…
8:46 am on January 26th, 2012
What ever is happen, Remember it’s happen for good reason
11:05 am on January 26th, 2012
These are some very lovely words! Thanks for sharing!
7:34 pm on January 26th, 2012
can’t believe “Mother” did not make the list
8:01 am on January 27th, 2012
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9:03 am on January 27th, 2012
‘zephyr’. I also loved the word ‘Flail’ – until I found out what it really means…
9:20 pm on January 27th, 2012
@黒天鵞絨
Oh Gosh… Sorry about that friend. Mine is Nostalgia. The word makes me feel sad and warm at the same time
4:28 am on January 29th, 2012
Thank you for your lovely list, honey, from one philophile to another. : )
I am fond of the word “alluring” …it’s the mix of soft ‘ l ‘ and ‘ r ‘ sounds. It makes me think of faeries dancing in a circle…an allure-ring! ^ ^
Alas, I shall never grow up… Alas, is another good word, actually, as is chateau.
Oh… As for the guy who sniped on the common usage of the word bungalow to describe a cozy cottage, for heaven’s sake…someone’s took the time and effort to make and shore a list of lovely words and your response was prissy exactitude about ONE of them? How mean-spirited. How would you feel if I took a look at your pic rather than being nice, as my nature dictates and instead blurted out that my first thoughts were 1. “misogynist alert!” and 2. “mommmmy issues!” Now I’m not saying that’s what I thought, but what if I did?
Factually you’re not on the most solid ground either, Mr. Grumpy. THIS is the actual definition for bungalow, so you were WRONG anyway, according to Webster’s:
bun·ga·low/ˈbəNGgəˌlō/
Noun:
A low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.
So she was right. Leave her alone!
The English (or American) language is a living thing, as are all languages and it’s not necessary to cling to outmoded definitions anyway.
Lovies, all!
4:30 am on January 29th, 2012
oopos, that should have read “someone took” not someone’s took…. I’m sure our sniper will pounce on THAT too ; )
6:04 am on January 29th, 2012
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Demi Moore 911 call reveals “real emergency”
The tape of the frantic 911 call from actress Demi Moore’s Beverly Hills home Monday night is out and, reports CBS News national correspondent Lee Cowan, the scene sounds a lot more dire than her publicist had let on.
After Moore was rushed to the hospital, a statement said she ‘d be seeking professional help for exhaustion and her overall health.
“The 911 tape really indicates that this is a much more serious situation than we were first led to believe,” says US Weekly’s Melanie Bromley. “We’ve been told it’s exhaustion that she’s suffering from, but you can tell from the tape that there’s a very desperate situation there. She’s having convulsions and she’s almost losing consciousness. It’s a very scary tape to listen to.”
“She was definitely in trouble,” Dr. Howard Samuels, a psychotherapist and leading expert on alcohol and drug addiction, and CEO of The Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles, said on “CBS This Morning: Saturday.” “This was a real emergency. You could hear the panic in the voices on the telephone. Obviously, you know, this was a 911 call that was very serious. And, especially when the paramedics came, they took her to the hospital, because, many times, the paramedics will come and, if it’s not that serious, they’ll leave. But they took her to the hospital, which shows you the seriousness of this.”
Some observers, says Cowan, blame her recent split with husband Aston Kutcher, after allegations he’d cheated on her, for her troubles. Others say the marriage was in trouble long before that.
To see Cowan’s full report, which includes audio from the 911 call, and for more from Samuels on Moore’s situation, including what she was likely smoking that night and her prospects for recovery, click on the video in the playe above.
11:35 am on January 30th, 2012
Very refreshing, totally enjoyed that list. thanks for sharing.
4:01 pm on February 1st, 2012
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7:59 pm on February 2nd, 2012
Interesting concept and definitions… curious to know your inspirations.
6:47 am on February 3rd, 2012
very interesting i lik it yaar
11:00 am on February 3rd, 2012
Cool idea!
3:06 pm on February 3rd, 2012
These are some great ones; I especially like penumbra. I come across words like these in Preston-Child novels and love learning new ones.
8:10 pm on February 3rd, 2012
Catharsis… I just love the sound of that word. Saying the word is practically a catharsis all it’s own! My other favorite word is photograph. It brings to mind old photographs taken years ago, now found in old suitcases. You see the images and wonder what the story is behind the faces. Just a great word!
10:51 am on February 5th, 2012
there are tooooo many to list! But here’s a fave of mine: Hallelujah!
4:17 pm on February 5th, 2012
Wow!!!
It’s really awesome.Thanks lot for tremendous help.
Thanks admin!
5:51 pm on February 5th, 2012
some of my favorites, but I’m missing ‘spatula’ from the S’s. God I love that word!
7:21 am on February 7th, 2012
hi very nice words jack.i love those words jack
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6:33 pm on February 7th, 2012
Family favorites:
Allegedly
Brutal
Just for the sounds as they roll off your tongue
10:24 am on February 8th, 2012
Tintinnabulation ….can’t wait to hear someone use that one
8:36 am on February 9th, 2012
Cute
3:32 am on February 14th, 2012
Loved your list of words & the first time I’ve been on your page. I like the idea, layout and the comments people are leaving! I have quite a few favorites on this list. I hope you don’t mind, I copied this list of words because I’m a writer and I’m always of course looking for words. Visit my blog and let me know what you think?