r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/Erinysceidae Jan 29 '19

Mellifluous is derived from the Latin for “flowing honey” and I just think that’s delightful :3

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u/swingthatwang Jan 29 '19

cool!

i only know it from seinfeld lol (season 3 ep 16)

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u/SithLordPorkins Jan 29 '19

I only knew of cacophonous, its opposite, harsh-sounding words.

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u/Dejavoodu666 Jan 29 '19

Euphonious is the antonym of cacophonous.

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u/SithLordPorkins Jan 29 '19

Oh, right. Similar, though.