# Your Favorite/Most Beautiful Word **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144 "2000-11-29T04:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/41 "2000-11-30T13:19:34Z")
mellifluous - pleasing to the ear. Say it nice and slowly, with plenty of emphasis on the “m.” Mmmmellifluous. Best said by a beautiful woman, with a honey voice, whispered in your ear. Or onomatopoeia. I just love to say that word. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/42 "2000-11-30T13:45:43Z")
**infraspinatus**. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/43 "2000-11-30T13:52:13Z")
[url=“[http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words10.html](http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words10.html)”]This[/urk] site suggests the following are the most beautiful english words. ASPHODEL, FAWN, DAWN, CHALICE, ANEMONE, TRANQUIL, HUSH, GOLDEN, HALCYON, CAMELLIA, BOBOLINK, THRUSH, CHIMES, MURMURING, LULLABY, LUMINOUS, DAMASK, CERULEAN, MELODY, MARIGOLD, JONQUIL, ORIOLE, TENDRIL, MYRRH, MIGNONETTE, GOSSAMER, ALYSSEUM, MIST, OLEANDER, AMARYLLIS, ROSEMARY I’ll go along with halcyon, and atropoisomerism too. Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/44 "2000-11-30T13:54:28Z")
[This site.](http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words10.html) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/45 "2000-11-30T14:18:59Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Serendipity \* I’m surprised no one has mentioned **onomatopoeia** yet. [QUOTE] Todd Rundgren fan?? “Onomatopoeia, every time I see ya My sense’s tell me ‘hubba’ and I just can’t disagreea” ‘Onomatopoeia’ from Hermit of Mink Hollow by Todd Rundgren ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/46 "2000-11-30T15:09:45Z")
I’ve always liked **alacrity.** Great word, rarely used but useful, has no synonym, and sounds like what it means. **Byzantine** is great too, as is **nebulous.** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/47 "2000-11-30T15:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sangria \* > \*\ ***elysian** is good for me too. > It’s like another one I like from English Lit - **Excalibur** > There’s also **Excelsior** but I forget who says that. Is it the motto of New York City? It’s always on one parade float there. \*\* “Excelsior” is the motto of the State of New York. Latin for “ever higher.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/48 "2000-11-30T21:32:48Z")
Vertiginous bifurcations Cusp. Flange. Wombat. Throb. Carbuncular Picayune Peccadilloes Screed. Munje. Freff. Bulldada > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\*(oh goodness, my Lovecraft is showing!). \*\* Well, as long as you bring it up: Chthonic. Sarcophagic. Purple penguins. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr\_Paprika \* > \*\*Callipygian is a great word. I think **DrPinky** has good taste. > \*\* I don’t know if I have good taste; but I know what I like! ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/49 "2000-11-30T22:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davidbw1 \* > \*\*I’m a personal fan of Discombobulated (Not a real word, but still cool as anything) \*\* Er, it _is_ a real word. **From Merrian Webster** Main Entry: dis·com·bob·u·late Pronunciation: "dis-k&m-'bä-b(y)&-"lAt Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing Etymology: probably alteration of discompose Date: circa 1916 : UPSET, CONFUSE \ - dis·com·bob·u·la·tion /-"bä-b(y)&-'lA-sh&n/ noun My dictionary (Random House) puts the origin of the word around 1825, and notes it as being a “fanciful American alteration of Discompose” ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/50 "2000-11-30T23:50:07Z")
Vagina. I love the way it comes off my tongue. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/51 "2000-12-01T02:58:31Z")
chimaera namistai blasphemous ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/52 "2000-12-01T03:10:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skwerl \* > **I like ‘elysian’, too** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sangria \* > **elysian is good for me too.** Ditto. Come to think of it, I like ditto too. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/53 "2000-12-01T04:27:03Z")
I’m rather fond of…Sphincter, Pirate, Pants and Trauma. ---
**Author:** ![barton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@barton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/54 "2000-12-01T16:50:48Z")
Counterattack is definitely my favorite compound word. It’s so… mmm… hyperaggressive, shall we say? ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/55 "2000-12-01T22:39:39Z")
I just thought of another oddball I like: _wiseacre_ anyone know where that even comes from? ---
**Author:** ![Mader80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Mader80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mader80)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/56 "2000-12-02T00:01:59Z")
I dont know 90% of the words in this thread. I am trying to decide if that should make me feel depressed or lucky. My favorites are: Non-Denominational Sobriety Pheromone, and Boink ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/57 "2000-12-02T05:37:11Z")
Say it with me. CHOCOLATE Mmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/58 "2000-12-02T07:43:06Z")
I am a writer by trade, and I have quite a few. Gusty. Tsunami. Krupps. (the coffeemaker brand) Mmmmm. (something good is always happening when you hear this) Cocktails. Ego-centric. Aerosmith. Xanax. Free. Vodka. Bastille. Spackle. Honeysuckle. Fortification. Presently. Sparkles. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/59 "2000-12-02T09:11:56Z")
mine’s not english, but i love it fui, in spanish it’s pronounced “fwee”, a think it means ‘you went’ or something like that. it’s just the coolest word. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-most-beautiful-word/43144/60 "2000-12-02T09:15:12Z")
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