here is a collection of the loveliest words in the English language, carefully researched and written up in small one-page essays designed to help increase the beauty of our conversations and our understanding of how and why we speak the ways we do. The book is the handbook for lovers for it contains an essay on what makes words beautiful so that the reader may go beyond the book in beautifying his or her speech. It also explains how English is interrelated with other languages in the world and why so many of our most beautiful words are borrowed from them. The book is printed in large easy-to-read type, great for travel since you may start and stop on any page

meaning word
Ailurophile A cat-lover.
Assemblage A gathering.
Becoming Attractive.
Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
Brood To think alone.
Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.
Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
Chatoyant Like a cat's eye.
Comely Attractive.
Conflate To blend together.
Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance A brief love affair.
Demesne Dominion, territory.
Demure Shy and reserved.
Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude Disuse.
Desultory Slow, sluggish.
Diaphanous Filmy.
Dissemble Deceive.
Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent Bubbly.
Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
Elision Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir A good potion.
Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient A softener.
Ephemeral Short-lived.
Epiphany A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile At one time, for a time.
Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative Suggestive.
Fetching Pretty.
Felicity Pleasantness.
Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious Fleeting.
Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour Beauty.
Gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk
Halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
Imbrication Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue To infuse, instill.
Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.
Ingénue A naïve young woman.
Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.
Inure To become jaded.
Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
Lagoon A small gulf or inlet.
Languor Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure Free time.
Lilt To move musically or lively.
Lissome Slender and graceful.
Lithe Slender and flexible.
Love Deep affection.
Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
Moiety One of two equal parts.
Mondegreen A slip of the ear.
Murmurous Murmuring.
Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning.
Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
Palimpsest A manu--SS-- written over earlier ones.
Panacea A solution for all problems
Panoply A complete set.
Pastiche An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra A half-shadow.
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora A large quantity.
Propinquity An inclination.
Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential Most essential.
Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
Ravel To knit or unknit.
Redolent Fragrant.
Riparian By the bank of a stream.
Ripple A very small wave.
Scintilla A spark or very small thing.
Sempiternal Eternal.
Seraglio Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
Susquehanna A river in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
Talisman A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
Umbrella Protection from sun or rain.
Untoward Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vestigial In trace amounts.
Wafture Waving.
Wherewithal The means.
Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast
On the contrary here is a list of the most
Gross-Sounding English Words That Everyone Hates
.
1.Moist
2. Blog
3. Lugubrious
4. Yolk
5. Gurgle
5. Phlegm
6. Fetus
7. Curd
8. Smear
9. Squirt
10. Chunky
11. Orifice
12. Maggots
13. Viscous
14. Queasy
15. Bulbous
16. Pustule
17. Fester
18. Secrete
19. Munch
20. Panties
21. Clogged
22. Vomit
23. Jowls
24. Dripping
25. Roaches
27. Mucus
28. Slacks
29. Slurp
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Alligators– hiss, grunt, roar, quak التمساح
Antelopes– snort الظبى
Bears– growl, groan, moan, roar الدب
Bees– hum, buzz النحلة
Beetles– drone, click الخنفس
Birds– chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle الطيور
Camels– grunt الجمل
Cats– mew, purr, meow, miaow, hiss, yowl, screech, caterwaul القطط
Chimpanzees– pant-hoot, grunt, scream, chatter, screech, bark الشيمبانزى
Cows– moo, low, bawl (calf), bellowالبقر
Crickets– chirp, creak الجدجد/صرار الليل
Crows– caw, cahالغراب
Curlews– pipeطائر الكروان
Deer– bell الغزال
Dogs– bark, woof, arf, bay, bow-wow, howl, yapالكلاب أعزكم الله
Dolphins– click الدولفين
Donkeys– bray, hee-haw الحمار^
Doves– coo-coo اليمام
Ducks– quack البط
Eagles– screamالنسر
Elephants– trumpet, moan, rumbleالفيل
Flies– buzz, humالحشرات الطائرة
Gibbons– whoop, chirp, screech, wailقرد الجبون
Giraffes– bleat الزرافة
Goats– bleat, baa الماعز
Gorillas– hoot, bark, grunt, whine, pock, pant الغوريلا
Guinea pigs – squeak فئر التجارب
Hamsters– squeak القوارض
Hens– cackle, cluck الدجاج
Hogs– grunt, snort خنزير
Horses– neigh, snort, whinny, nicker, sputterالحصان
Humans– whisper, hum, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk, moan, laugh, sputter, mimic other animals, coo



Jackals – gecker, howl حيوان ابن آوى
Jays – chatter, screechطائر الزرباب ،أبو زريق
Kangaroosــchortle الكانجروو
Anteaters – scream, bellow, wail

Komodo dragons – growl, snarl, تنين كومود
Lambs – bleat, baa الحمل
Larks – sing, warbleطائر القنبرة
Linnets – chuckle طائر التفاحى
Lions– roar, growl الأسد
Llamas– maw حيوان اللاما
Magpies – chatter طائر العقعق
Mice – squeak and squeal الفئران
Monkeys – chatter, gecker, gibber, whoop, screech القرد
Moose – bellow حيوان الموظ
Mosquitoes – whine الناموس
Nightingales– pipe, sing, warbleطائر العندليب المغرد
Ostriches – chirp, bark, low hum النعامة
Owls– hoot, screech, shriek البومة
Oxen– bellow, lowالثور
Parrots – mimic a variety of sounds, screech, squawk الببغاء
Peacocks – scream الطاووس
Pigs– snort, grunt, squeal, oinkالخنزير (أعزكم الله)
Pigeons– cooالحمام
Rabbits– squeak, drum, growl (when cornered)الأرنب
Rats– squeak, eek, bruxالفئران
Ravens–croak طائر الغداف
Roosters– crow الديك-
Seals– bark عجل البحر
Sheep– bleat, baa الخروف
Snakes– hiss الثعبان
Sparrows– chirp, twitteالعصفور
Swans – cry البجع
Tigers– growl, roar, snarl النمر
Turkeys– gobble الديك الرومى
Whales– sing الحوت
Wolves– howl, cry, yell الذئب
Yaks- lowخنزير التبيبت الضخم
Zebras– whinny, whoop الحمار الوحشى
Hummingbirds –hum, twitter الطائر الطنان
Foxes– bark, yelp, simper الثعلب
Frogs– croak, ribbit, gribbit الضفدع