Such ephemeral beauties, peonies are one of the my absolute favorite flowers. I could get lost in their endless folds for days...except that they usually wilt by day three. Despite my love of these flowers, I always get hung up on how to say them. The proper pronunciation is pē-eh-nē, but I always want to say pē-ony...as in rhymes with pony. Is that just a personal problem or do other people have this issue? Speaking of words, here are the ten most beautiful words I've found this May....
requiem a piece of music for the decease
zephyr a soft gentle breeze
miasma a highly unpleasant smell or vapor
dapper neat and trim in dress, appearance, or bearing
recherché rare, exotic, or obscure
quixotic exceedingly idealistic, hopeful, and romantic verging on unrealistic or impractical
fractalize to realize everything in life is either a microcosm or a macrocosm of everything else
kalon the ideal of moral and physical beauty
viridity naïve innocence
raconteur a storyteller
I especially like the word fractalize and occasionally find myself becoming a bit quixotic sometimes. My friends and family help keep me grounded in reality. And just in cased you missed it, here are the 10 most beautiful words from March and April.
xo from catie
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