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What is the prettiest word you know?

Started by Pica Pica, February 17, 2009, 10:42:18 AM

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Nero

Quote from: William on February 18, 2009, 11:23:41 AM
Oh? Depends on who's saying it and who's on the receiving end, of course. Beautiful because it's meaningful, rather than being beautiful in and of itself, maybe?

not all that meaningful. too over used.
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Jeatyn

Quote from: Nero on February 18, 2009, 11:27:27 AM
not all that meaningful. too over used.

I was thinking the same

are we cynical?  :P
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Janet_Girl

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Pica Pica

'For the circle may be squared with rising and swelling.' Kit Smart
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Stealthgrrl

felicity

labia

filigree

linger

dauphin

phlox

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Lutin

Haemoglobin. Particularly when it's misspelt as haemogoblin.
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imaz

Mimpi meaning dream in Indonesian.

Mimpi indah - Beautiful dream

Mimpi buruk - Nightmare
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tekla

If were talking pretty in an aural sense, I think you'd be hard pressed to surpass the flowing beauty of the languages of the Native American nations of the upper Midwest.  The Sauk, Fox, Chippewa and Ojibwe nations really ought to get more props for creating the most beautiful languages ever.  Words like Minihaha meaning 'laughing water,' the name of a waterfall, or Oskaloosa, meaning "the last beautiful one" the name of a Native American princess.  Its a language of o lot of pleasant vowel tones with a lot of double consent sounds, like Mississippi.

Heck, even the tribal names Chippewa and Ojibwe are pretty words.
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Kristen

poisson

French for 'fish'

pronounced pwa' saun
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chrysalis

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VeryGnawty

Quote from: tekla on February 18, 2009, 11:12:54 PM
If were talking pretty in an aural sense, I think you'd be hard pressed to surpass the flowing beauty of the languages of the Native American nations of the upper Midwest.

I'll have to agree.  The English language ain't much for sounding fancy.

Assuming we are talking about English, I've always liked the word:  iridescent.

Another word that I really like is:  albedo
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Lacey Lynne

Believe.  Persist.  Arrive.    :D



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Jamie-o

This may be weird, but I really like the word "hydrochlorothiazide".  Not a very useful word, generally speaking, but it's so wonderfully rhythmic.
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BunnyBee

<3 this thread :).

ailurophile
obsequious
efflorescence
susurrus

& bajillions more..

Btw, 'many a mickle makes a muckle' is my favorite thing I've read today :).  Oh, and speaking of terrible Nazi words which sound awesome, Schutzstaffel.
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Miniar

defenestrate (means, to toss someone/something out the window)

I can't explain it, I just love it.




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Miniar




"Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell" - Nietzsche
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Nero

paramecium. thought that was the prettiest word ever when i was a kid.
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imaz

Cantik, pronounced Chan-teek, meaning pretty.
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