When I call a word beautiful, sometimes it refers to the meaning behind the word. Sometimes it refers to how the word sounds as it rolls over the tongue.
Labyrinth: (n) maze, puzzling complex or circuitous plan
Lacerate: (v) to cut or tear irregularly, to distress, mangle
Laconic: (adj) brief in speech, matter-of-fact, terse, using few words
Lambent: (adj) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance, of humor or fire
Languid: (adj) characterized by disinclination for physical exertion
Laodicean: (n/adj) indifferent or lukewarm in politics and or religion
Lapis Lazuli: (n) gemstone of intense blue
Largesse: (n) the generous giving of gifts, a generous or courteous gift, charitable donation
Lascivious: (adj) lewd, lustful, prurient
Lassitude: (n) weariness, lack of energy or motivation
Lattice: (n) open framework of material, typically in a crisscross pattern
Lavish: (v/adj) expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion, using or giving in great amounts
Legerity: (n) mental or physical agility, dexterity, or quickness
Leitmotif: (n) musical passage associated to a specific situation, character, or idea
Lemonade: (n) beverage typically consisting of lemon juice, sugar, and water
Lethe: (n) condition of forgetfulness, oblivion
Leveret: (n) baby rabbit, a young rabbit
Leviathan: (n) very large animal, especially a whale, something of unusually large size
Lexiphanes: (n) pretentious word user, bombastic or magniloquent person
Liaison: (n) illicit sexual relationship, case of contact between two parties, usually a person
Lilliputian: (n/adj) very small, tiny, pertaining to Lilliput
Lilt: (n/v) cadence of voice, rhythm of language or sentences, good vocal or musical structure
Limerence: (n) extended infatuation or crush, contrast love
Limn: (v) to delineate via depictions or suffuse things with light
Limpid: (adj) unclouded, clear, lucid, defined and deep
Linguistics: (n) the study of human speech, languages, and writing
Lissom: (adj) supple, easily bent, lithe, flexible
Listless: (adj) lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort, lethargic
Litany: (n) large amount, plethora, long and tedious address or recital
Literati: (n) intelligentsia, the educated class, clerisy, a group of litterateurs
Lithe: (adj) readily bent, supple, flexible, marked by effortless grace
Lithium: (n) silvery, soft, highly-reactive metal
Litterateur: (n) literary-minded person, one devoted to the study or writing of literature
Lixiviation: (v) act of separating soluble from insoluble substances via water or solvent
Loom: (n/v) the art of weaving, to come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image
Loquacious: (adj) characterized by talking, talking freely or too much, excessively talkative
Lubricious: (adj) slippery with oil or lubricant, offensively lewd or intending to be lewd
Lucent: (adj) shining, gleaming, brilliant
Lugubrious: (adj) gloomy or dismal, especially exaggerated
Lullaby: (n) song or tune devised to lull something to sleep
Luminal: (n) of or pertaining to the lumen (the measure of light perceived by the human eye)
Luminary: (n) one who is an inspiration to others, one who attained success in a chosen field
Lunacy: (n) insanity, insanity with brief moments of clarity
Lunula: (n) white crescent at the base of the fingernail
Luscious: (adj) delicious, sexy, cloying, alluring
Lustrous: (adj) having noticeable or vivid luster and sheen
L’esprit de l’escalier: (n) “staircase wit” usage of a witty retort after the moment has passed
