A list of 50 words by papageno.
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- fawn appears on 72 other lists
- dawn appears on 68 other lists
- chalice appears on 64 other lists
- anemone appears on 56 other lists
- tranquil appears on 65 other lists
- hush appears on 59 other lists
- golden appears on 46 other lists
- halcyon appears on 337 other lists
- camellia appears on 15 other lists
- bobolink appears on 22 other lists
- thrush appears on 38 other lists
- chimes appears on 11 other lists
- murmuring appears on 11 other lists
- lullaby appears on 63 other lists
- luminous appears on 121 other lists
- damask appears on 64 other lists
- cerulean appears on 246 other lists
- melody appears on 59 other lists
- marigold appears on 32 other lists
- jonquil appears on 30 other lists
- oriole appears on 14 other lists
- tendril appears on 55 other lists
- myrrh appears on 74 other lists
- mignonette appears on 18 other lists
- gossamer appears on 193 other lists
- alysseum appears on just this list
- mist appears on 87 other lists
- oleander appears on 26 other lists
- amaryllis appears on 21 other lists
- rosemary appears on 36 other lists
- home appears on 64 other lists
- chattanooga appears on 3 other lists
- nobility appears on 14 other lists
- vermilion appears on 82 other lists
- gracious appears on 44 other lists
- pavement appears on 12 other lists
- lovely appears on 97 other lists
- nevermore appears on 20 other lists
- violet appears on 105 other lists
- lake appears on 34 other lists
- laughter appears on 36 other lists
- willow appears on 91 other lists
- cuspidor appears on 21 other lists
- sycamore appears on 43 other lists
- gonorrhea appears on 7 other lists
- meandering appears on 17 other lists
- shenandoah appears on 9 other lists
- wisteria appears on 48 other lists
- cypresses appears on just this list
papageno It has a nice balance to it. Honestly, it reminds me of menomena. It's pretty close as well to being anemone backwords, now that I look at it... Nov 20, 2007
seanahan I really enjoy anemone as a word, although I could care less about what it actually means. Nov 20, 2007
reesetee You both reminded me to revisit that website. Thanks! Nov 17, 2007
papageno Maybe we have different conceptions of beauty -- which isn't that odd of an idea, since we are different people.
I see the two words you mentioned as spiny and callused, hard. It's the Cs, I think. They are fun to say, but I wouldn't call them beautiful myself. Nov 16, 2007
yarb Yes! A pleasure to utter. They make my mouth feel limber and adept. And they have a sort of word-identity about them too; they're very self-possessed words, words which know where they begin and end. Am I talking bollocks? Nov 16, 2007
papageno But...beautiful? Nov 16, 2007
yarb I prefer a spiky, surprising little word like octopi. Or staying in the ocean, orca. Nov 16, 2007
papageno It is a really good website. I had it bookmarked for the longest time and didn't return to it until I revived my Wordie interest a couple days ago.
I actually like all the liquid, lilting l sounds. Sycamore is nice too though. Nov 16, 2007
yarb I was just looking at that website yesterday; good isn't it?
Most of these words - the words commonly cited as being 'beautiful' - aren't so much to me. They seem to be predominantly soft sounds, l's, n's, gentle vowels. There's a preference for three or more syllables, and (gonorrhea and cuspidor nobly excepted) for inoffensive meanings. I think this all adds up to anodyne. From this list I'd give sycamore, cuspidor and pavement the thumbs-up; for the rest, blah. Nov 16, 2007