Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Most Beautiful Words in the English Language Part 2


  1. damask
  2. dawn
  3. delicacy
  4. destiny
  5. desuetude Disuse.
  6. diaphanous Filmy.
  7. diffuse Spread out, not focused or concentrated.
  8. dulcet Sweet, sugary.
  9. ebullient Bubbling with enthusiasm.
  10. effervescent Bubbly.
  11. efflorescence Flowering, the opening of buds or a bloom.
  12. elixir A good potion.
  13. elysium Any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.
  14. emollient A softener.
  15. encomium A spoken or written work in praise of someone.
  16. inglenook The place beside the fireplace.
  17. enthusiasm
  18. ephemeral Short-lived.
  19. epicure A person who enjoys fine living, especially food and drink.
  20. epiphany A sudden revelation.
  21. erstwhile At one time, for a time.
  22. eschew To reject or avoid.
  23. esculent Edible.
  24. esoteric Understood only by a small group of specialists.
  25. eternity
  26. ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
  27. etiolate White from no contact with light.
  28. evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
  29. explosion
  30. extravaganza
  31. exuberant Enthusiastic, excited.
  32. fantastic
  33. fawn
  34. felicitous Pleasing.
  35. fescue A variety of grass favored for pastures.
  36. flabbergasted
  37. flip-flop
  38. foudroyant Dazzling.
  39. fragile Very, very delicate.
  40. freedom
  41. fugacious Running, escaping.
  42. fuselage
  43. galaxy
  44. gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
  45. gazebo
  46. giggle
  47. glamour Beauty.
  48. golden
  49. gorgeous
  50. gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk.
  51. gothic
  52. grace
  53. gracious
  54. gum
  55. halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
  56. harbors of memory
  57. hen-night
  58. hiccup
  59. hilarious
  60. hippopotamus
  61. hodgepodge
  62. home
  63. hope
  64. hush
  65. hymeneal Having to do with a wedding.
Comments:
damask- isn't that synonymous with Old Spice? And if so...I'm sorry. Not beautiful.
ebullient and effervescent - both point back to bubbly- I can't help but love the happiness that both of these words provide. Celebrate!
efflorescence- Hands down...one of my favorite words of all time. To bloom is to grow in the most beautiful of ways.
elysium- Absolute happiness...I have to say the letter E is rocking my world.
inglenook- Besides this word being awesome as it describes "the place next to the fireplace" which I would call the floor, or the wall- I am pretty sure that it doesn't start with E.
esoteric- so this word is reserved for only a small group of specialists, but is that the definition or is this special force of "esoteric" gurus the only people that hold the key to understanding it?
fugacious- Spell check doesn't like this one, but to escape...ahhh, lovely!
halcyon- A bright spot in my day.
hymeneal- What in the world? This is something having to do with a wedding...I'm concerned. This seems a little graphic for the wedding party. Yikes!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You know what my favorite word has always been?

Commode.

I don't know why but I am always intrigued by this word. It's such a beautiful word for a place you go to drop a load. Hmmm . . .