beautifulwords

The 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language? It’s possible.

According to Dr. Robert Beard, these are they. I must confess, I’m a fan of many of these … denouement, imbroglio, pastiche, scintilla. So very lovely, how they elegantly unfurl from the mouth.

Beard, 76yo, is a linguist specializing in morphology [the study of words]. He taught at Bucknell University for 35 years, leading the Russian and Linguistics Programs. Retiring as a univ prof in 2000, Beard founded the popular linguistic website, yourDictionary.com, writing under the pseudonym Dr. Language. Currently, he runs The Lexiteria, a language product and services company that operates alphaDictionary.com; he writes there under the pseudonym Dr. Goodword.

So, which word on this list is your favorite? Which other words should have been included?
And why aren’t there any K words at all?