Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Finishing the sentence XXIX

Here's an unfinished sentence I wrote that elicited a ton of answers.  Here it is, along with its responses from February 1989:

The most melodic word in the English language is...  

...dichotomy. (Chris E.)

...mellifluous. (John O.)

...melancholy. (Leigh M.)

...sarsaparilla. (Will S.)

...meticulous. (Katherine T.)

...duchess. (Ken D.)

...tubular. (Mark W.)

...superfluous. (Alan E.)

...passion. (Chris A.)

...facetious. (Mark R.)

...lullaby. (Brian R.)

...tedious. (Chantel M.)

...mediocre. (Andrika J.)

...dapper. (Rachel M.)

...lollipop. (Michelle A.)

...memory, lush, or malice. (Sarah G.)

...ecstasy. (Debbie B.)

...meretricious. (Scott B.)

...precious. (Peter H.)

...chocolate. (Don M.)

...luscious. (Jennifer J.)

...narcissistic. (Sabrina M.)

...trundle. (Betsy B.)

...eloquence, quintessential, or fugue. (John H.)

...plethora. (Mary D.)

...exquisite. (Amy R.)

...protozoa. (Bill M.)

...personality. (Laura E.)

...willowy. (Leigh L.)

...supple or squish. (Ben H.)

...lascivious. (Fran H.)

...derivative. (Jason M.)

...turtleneck. (Crisi F.)

...doubleheader. (Rob B.)

...tintinnabulation. (Amy B.)

...fandango. (David W.)

...extemporaneous. (Eunice L.)

...supersonic. (Gretchen S.)