This may be a terrible idea for a thread, but I'd like to

analytical

Not a native, but I'm pretty fond of the word "valour".

>>8337929
The anglo-saxon derived words are the best.

I really like "ought"

>>8337929
"Problematic"

>>8337929
There's quite a few that I like

"Maroon"
"Flaccid"
"Intrinsic"
"Earnest"
"Deferred"

>>8337929
ostensibly

>>8337952
Ew, no.

conflate

what a nice sounding and useful word

Mellifluous,
Lagoon,
Chandelier,
Luminescence,
Vivid,
Vibrant

pillow, smooth, tough, rough
t. hungarian

catharsis

Nigger

>>8337929
Terraform, bastardise

>>8337929
godspeed

I don't have a reason. Just love it.

shallow, lullaby, oblivion

>>8337929
aardvark

Scoundrel.

>>8338091
>>8337988
very good words

>>8337937
*valor

strumpet

>>8337950
I came here to say the same thing. These Anglo-Saxon words, to a native English speaker, are understood intuitively, and they provide a better sense of imagery in the mind. If you would like to write, or speak, simply and powerfully, use anglo-saxon words.

To illustrate my point, think of how much people struggle with science, generally speaking. People struggle to understand it intuitively, and it's no surprise when the entire scientific naming scheme uses latin. For example, the study of orinothology, or birdlore for an anglo-saxon equivalent, uses a latinate naming scheme for birds, but they are rarely used. Instead common, descriptive names are used that are immediately understood and differentiated (e.g. red-winged blackbird). This goes to show just the pretension of scientific naming schemes. There could be better ways to classify the world, but this is what we are stuck with.

>>8338589
*Velour

Innuendo, but don't ask why, I don't know

penumbra, opulent, division

parallelogram

Bailiwick

inimitable
>>8338776
penumbras nice

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>>8337950
>"ought"

Aught*

Ramshackle is probably the best English word.

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>>8337929 (OP)
A common mistake most people make when they creatively write is equating "cool uncommon words" with good writing.

Suggestions like >>8337964
>>8337977
>>8337988
>>8338087 (with the exception of vibrant/vivid)
>>8338266
>>8338560
>>8338592
>>8338776
>>8338836
>>8338847
>>8338856
might sound cool, but are absolute horseshit when used in context


Stick to simpler words and phrasing.

I also agree with >>8338602
>>8337950

>>8337929
Adumbral

>>8337929
Liturgically

Juxtapose

>>8338876
>but are absolute horseshit when used in context

Depends on if you're a good writer or not, you know.

>>8337929
Dimethyltryptamine. I've never actually done the drug, but the word just rolls off the tongue. I also like how it sounds like it has "trip" in it.

>>8338876
But I use the word conflate all the time in my essays anon

>>8338602
I think I heard recently about a novel that was written exclusively with words of anglo saxon origin. Can't for the life of me remember what it was. Might have been fantasy.

>>8339126
There is a translation of the prose Edda that does this. I've been meaning to buy it but it's pretty expensive.

>>8337929

"jay-kay"

Caricature

Worth, salt and climate