Comments on: The Most Beautiful Words in English

By: Moses

Moses — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:49:51 +0000

I think ‘aubade’ is beautiful, and ‘aurora’, too.

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:26:10 +0000

Thanks, Peter!

By: Peter H

Peter H — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:13:56 +0000

A good list, but may I correct your definition of ‘Diaphanous’.

Diaphanous things allow light to pass through them, so they are entirely translucent. Perhaps you meant “… almost transparent”?

By: Z

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:34:49 +0000

In addition to Dutch, “Gesellig” is found in modern German as well, and traces back at least to Middle High German. The meaning is identical. While ‘gemuetlichkeit’ is due to your location (furniture etc.), ‘geselligkeit’ is elicited by the people you are with.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:39:51 +0000

I really like the word sesquipedalian. A while back, my family started describing one of my sisters as being rather loquacious, so I said I was more given to sesquipedalian loquaciousness.

By: Mb

Mb — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:02:57 +0000

I wish i knew how to use saudade. perhaps the part of speech a word is could be included with words in posts

By: David Govett

David Govett — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:58:50 +0000

“summer” gets my vote.

By: 5 More Difficult Words to Translate

5 More Difficult Words to Translate — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:05:27 +0000

[...] This Portuguese word was also featured in our most beautiful words post a while back. It refers to the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and [...]

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:07:09 +0000

@Purple Cow-

Thank you for pointing out our error! We were thinking of the German loanword ‘Gemuetlichkeit’ but decided that Gezellig is more enjoyable to say, even if it hasn’t been adopted as widely as Gemuetlichkeit.

By: The Purple Cow

The Purple Cow — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:00:49 +0000

Gezellig is Dutch, not German.