Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week, Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then posts her top ten list that fits that topic. More about TTT.
This week, we’re writing about our favorite words for Top Ten Tuesday.
Bibliophiles are logophiles by nature, so it was pretty difficult to cull the words for this list; even more difficult to rank them. Many of my favorite words are favorites because of the images they evoke. Others, because of the way they feel in the mouth or sound in the ear. Interestingly, nearly all of the words that made the final cut here are nouns. I wonder why? Anyway, at least it’s a place to start.
10. Zephyr
noun. A soft, gentle breeze from the west.
9. Fernweh
noun. An ache for faraway places.
8. Sprezzatura
noun. Studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature; art which conceals art.
7. Apricity
noun. The warmth of the sun in winter.
6. Serendipity
noun. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
5. Meraki
noun (or verb?). Doing something with soul, creativity, or love; putting yourself in what you are doing; giving the essence of yourself.
4. Sonrisa
noun. A smile or grin.
3. Ubuntu
noun. A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity; I am because we are.
2. Wabi-Sabi
noun. The acceptance of transience and imperfection.
1. Ineffable
adjective. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
* Lagniappe
noun. Something given as a bonus or extra gift.
write.on.read 
I don’t think I’m familiar with apricity, but I love it. Going to file it away to use later.
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