Free online speed reading software. Table of Contents. 100 Most beautiful words in the English language* Forthright's Favourites. Forthright's Favourite Words I've often been consulted by those wishing to express their love for a particular word, such as defenestration, sesquipedalian, syzygy or aglet.
While these are all fine choices, I've chosen fifty of my favourites from the International House of Logorrhea and put them here, with pronunciation, etymology and full definitions. Some of the criteria that I use to find a really great rare word are: it has to be pretty rare (less than five occurrences per 1 million words of text); it should be very euphonious (it has to sound good); it should be of use in a modern context, if not necessarily usable on a daily basis; it should not have a simple one-word synonym; it should not be so long and complex to be useless in conversation. The majority of the words are nouns (most rare words are), though there are also verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
The 100 Best Books of All Time. Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria.
This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Lists[edit] K to sleep by rickjamesbiotch. Grammar nazis get Fryed.