Spendid!

Cherish is a lovely word, all cherry blossoms and adoration. Just so sweet (like cherries). It starts with a harsh sound, CH, and ends with a whisper, Shhh! The vowel sounds are short and neutral. Like exquisite. I savor that word! It sounds like a caress (another sweet word). I like the soft mellifluous sounds of some words. But another word I like is Splendid. And that has mostly strong harsh sounds and an abrupt ending. Abrupt is rather abrupt-sounding, too. So what is it about Spendid?! It's related to Splendor, which is a bit softer.

I'll update the etymologies later.