Good words

MrCrowesGarden · Post by **MrCrowesGarden** » May 7 22, 3:27 am

I appreciate the Dutch word for “rhinoceros” is neushoorn, pronounced nose-horn.

Smith Corks One · Post by **Smith Corks One** » May 7 22, 6:30 am

Love me some “wont.” As in, “I threatened to defenestrate a student today, as I am wont to do.”

MrCrowesGarden · Post by **MrCrowesGarden** » May 7 22, 8:15 am

Tintinnabulation is a great one

Smith Corks One · Post by **Smith Corks One** » May 7 22, 9:16 am

MrCrowesGarden wrote: ↑
May 7 22, 8:15 am
Tintinnabulation is a great one

Ooooh, good one. If I remember correctly, Poe used it to great effect in "The Bells."

MrCrowesGarden · Post by **MrCrowesGarden** » May 7 22, 9:40 am

You do remember correctly

Post by **heyzeus** » May 7 22, 10:39 am

Forthwith should really make a comeback. It’s a funny word.

Smith Corks One · Post by **Smith Corks One** » May 7 22, 10:45 am

heyzeus wrote: ↑
May 7 22, 10:39 am
Forthwith should really make a comeback. It’s a funny word.

In a similar vein, I’m a big fan of ‘posthaste.’

Joe Shlabotnik · Post by **Joe Shlabotnik** » May 7 22, 11:49 am

Mellifluous sounds onomatopoetic to me. Both of those are good words.

GeddyWrox · Post by **GeddyWrox** » May 7 22, 5:38 pm

Mellifluous mounds of mammalia

Jocephus · Post by **Jocephus** » May 7 22, 9:34 pm

warrant
tertiary
foliage
efficacious
superfluous
bastard

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