Makeup Blog for Week 12

I have to say that I believe the beauty of a word is very much a thing of personal choice. What attracts one person to a certain word, may not be the same that attracts another person to the same word, or even another person may not be able to stand the word. However, there are words that strike everyone in a way where that person suddenly sees them as beautiful, no longer are they just a word, but they become almost a single spoken masterpiece.

I think the beauty of a word for a person comes from the meaning,  the pronunciation, the connotations attached to it, as well as personal experiences with it.

So here is my list of 9 of the most beautiful words in the english language and an explanation as to why:

1. Lovely - defined as "exquisitely beautiful;" I seriously really just love this word and probably slightly over use it due to that. I tend to favor it more so over simpler words such as "beautiful" or "pretty" because I feel like lovely encompasses so much more. I also like how it flows when you say it; it easily falls off the tongue, yet doesnt tend to slither out without notice and beautiful and nice can sometimes do.
2. Wicked - defined as "evil or morally wrong" I also really like this word because it encompasses more than simply saying something is evil, it goes beyond that. I also however mostly like it because it has a second meaning, or more so of a connotation come out of it where as something is so good that it is evil or sinful. Like things being described as "wicked good" making them oxymoronic. I like the more positive definition of the word and the fact that it is so contradictory.
3. Tattoo - 
4. Headstrong - defined as "self-willed, obstinate" I think one of the main reasons that I really like this word is just the fact that it tends to describe my personality a lot of the time, the fact that if I want something bad enough I will be unmoving until I get it.
5. Wanderlust - defined as "a strong desire to travel" I'm not going to lie, technically this word is not a word in itself that I find beautiful, I really wanted to put the word "fernweh" however that is german and not part of the english language. With that being so, wanderlust was the closest I could come to it. Fernweh alternatively literally translates to "farsickness" which I find an interesting concept. Wanderlust seems to not capture the complete essence that I love from Fernweh, in the fact that it leaves out how fernweh means a longing for a foreign unknown place. I find the idea of that really cool.
6. Efflorescence - defined as "flowering, blooming, growing" I think this word is really cool, it seems to almost paint a picture in your head of what is happening. It goes far beyond the words that define it, bring in an almost new meaning within itself. I just really like it.
7. Eloquence - defined as "fluent or persuasive speaking or writing" I just like this because in itself it kind of is the definition and I think that is really cool.
8. Labyrinth - defined as "A complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way" I just really like the definition, the idea of a maze and running around it, millions of paths around you and not knowing for certain which one will lead you out. Labyrinth is very much like life.
9. Serendipity - defined as "finding something nice while looking for something else" I like the idea of what this word holds. The fact that you have found something worth while while looking for something else, its like and unexpected surprise and who wouldnt like that?