THE PERFECT WORD
According to Donnie Darko — apparently via Tolkien — the most beautiful phrase in the English language is "cellar door." I don't know if I buy such a notion, but I bet there is such thing as a "perfect word" (maybe something like perfect numbers, but I don't know enough to say. Via Dictionary.com's Word of the Day, I think I've found such a one in the French borrowing, "recherche":
P.S. — But my favorite word is still "Zing!"
According to Donnie Darko — apparently via Tolkien — the most beautiful phrase in the English language is "cellar door." I don't know if I buy such a notion, but I bet there is such thing as a "perfect word" (maybe something like perfect numbers, but I don't know enough to say. Via Dictionary.com's Word of the Day, I think I've found such a one in the French borrowing, "recherche":
recherche \ruh-sher-SHAY\, adjective:Recherche is indeed uncommon, exotic and rare. I hold a bachelor's degree in English, yet I don't know that I've ever seen this word before. It is certainly exquisite. It is a word one would only use in an affected, overly refined manner. That's because it's French. And because it's so obviously French, it is almostnecessarily pretentious. The word is precisely what it describes. If anybody knows of any other such "perfect words," send them this way.
1. Uncommon; exotic; rare.
2. Exquisite; choice.
3. Excessively refined; affected.
4. Pretentious; overblown.
P.S. — But my favorite word is still "Zing!"
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