What's the most beautiful word? Thoughts?

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I like Anima/Animus - the female/male part of the opposite gender's psyche in Jungian psychology.
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I personally love the words serenity, languid, lilac, and the name Delilah. For a pretty word combo I think I would say Lavender sky or glass bell.


I never did like the character delilah but I don't think the beauty of the name should suffer. :p




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I absolutely love words in other languages, like Spanish or French. I've always thought that "mariposa" (butterfly in Spanish) and "niebla" (fog) are beautiful.
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Serendipity is a good one, I also like nostalgia.




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It's actually a Portuguese word that means, "The act of tenderly running your fingers through someone's hair."

Not only do I love to say it but I love that a word exists for this.
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Serendipity and nostalgia are good, I agree, but I also think 'paradise' is beautiful.
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A study showed that 'serendipity' is the most liked word.
It's probably because how itsmoothly rolls out! XD

/also like halcyon and petrichor.
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There's a song that includes the line...

...a Lenny lined the rifle up and let the lead fly...

I love how it rolls out. And then I realised that's the L-love coming back all over again. What is it about the letter L?

Also, petrichor is awesome.
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"Money is such a beautiful word..." Sorry, random Tom and Jerry reference.

But the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is beautiful. If only because of the blank, confused look people have when you say it.
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'Push', is also a nice word.
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There are many pretty words indeed. I do, like Cadie, love the L:s and also I like the sound "th" and... mmhyes. Here's a few;

Lethal
Threshold
Lioness
Malificent
Thorn
Silence
"Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." - Robert Frost



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