10 delicious words

I often wish that I could enliven my writing with more beautiful words. I feel as though when I write I simply choose words that I use in my normal vocabulary.
So I decided the only way that I could add new words is to look for them and learn them and then use them. So far I am still at the looking stage.

Here are my ten favourite mouth watering words for this week. I love the sound of these words even though I may not have a use for them in my writing yet. I do like saying them. I have added their meaning and I am testing how I may have a use for them...

But first two words that conjure up ghastly images but have beautiful meanings..

I love the meaning of Bucolic which means "in a lovely rural setting", yet the sound of this word makes me think of bubonic plague or a disease.

I could imagine using it in "I want to live in a bucolic community" but would this have people very concerned for my health?

The same for Crepuscular which means "as seen at twilight or in dim light"; my absolute favourite light but the word conjures up images of boils and reminds me of the word fistular. I would love to say, "My favourite view of the world is when I look at it through my crepuscular vision, everything seems softer, rounder and loveable." Would people be sending me for optical tests?

Now to eight other words that have lept out at me this week as totally delicious.

I love textured words like Diaphanous which means filmy and Filament which means thread or strand. "I want to write words that weave a diaphanous filament through my life rather than a heavy tapestry that is my usual way of writing".

This week's favourite sound words are Mellifluous which means sweet sounding and Tintinnabulation which means tinkling. "My heart soared to the mellifluous sounds of Bach's concerto accompanied by the tintinnabulation of my favourite wind chimes"

How about  Epiphany which means a sudden revelation.."Every day I hope for an epiphany about what to write in my blog!"

My absolute favourite word this week is Fugacious which means fleeting. "Oh dear fugacious readers of my blog, I beseech you to linger just a while and read my posts.."

I was surprised when I found Propinquity which means proximity or nearness. "My dearest love, your propinquity had my heart a flutter"

How about the word Denouement meaning the resolution of a mystery. "I must find an opportunity this week to reveal the denouement."

Ooh so delicious, I love saying the words out loud and swirling them in my mouth. Maybe I will just find a way to enjoy them, relish them and not be so fussed about having to use them.

Favourite words on "Night reflection Darwin Harbour" Nov 2011