35 Of The Most Beautiful Words

Kerfuffle: A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.

Dappled: Marked with spots or rounded patches.

Aquiver: Quivering, trembling.

Ineffable: Too great to be expressed in words.

Hiraeth: A homesickness for a home you can't return to, or that never was.

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Welsh word without direct English translation

Nefarious: Wicked, villainous, despicable.

Somnambulist: A person who sleepwalks.

Epoch: A particular period of time in history or a person's life.

Sonorous: An imposingly deep and full sound.

Serendipity: The chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way.

Limerence: The state of being infatuated with another person.

Bombinate: To make a humming or buzzing noise.

Ethereal: Extremely delicate, light, not of this world.

Illicit: Not legally permitted.

Petrichor: The pleasant, earthy smell after rain.

Iridescent: Producing a display of rainbowlike colors.

Epiphany: A moment of sudden revelation.

Supine: Lying face upwards.

Luminescence: Light products by chemical, electrical, or physiological means.

Solitude: a state of seclusion or isolation.

Originally the name of the Roman goddess of sunrise, the word aurora is now used to describe the dawn, as well as the stunning luminous phenomenon that takes place in the upper atmosphere of a planet's magnetic polar regions. For example, you may have a trip to see the Aurora Borealis as an item on your bucket list.

Syzygy: an alignment of celestial bodies.

Phosphenes: the light and colors produced by rubbing your eyes.

Oblivion: the state of being unaware of what is happening around you.

Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time.

Incandescence: light produced by high temperatures.

Denouement: the resolution of a narrative.

Vellichor: the strange wistfulness of used bookshops.

Eloquence: the art of using language in an apt, fluent way.

Defenestration: the act of throwing someone out of a window.

Sonder: the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.

Effervescence: bubbles in a liquid.

Cromulent:

• Appearing legitimate but actually being spurious.
• A word that embiggens the soul.