I am such a sucker for exquisite words, so translating The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert is like being on a constant high.
Helice. Ignomity. Insouciance. Inveigle. Unguent. Supercilious. Woebegone. Discomfiture. Scrivener. Mawkish. Sarsaparilla. Gallimaufry. Milliner. Salutrious. Thimbleful. Erudite. Stevedore. Prurient. Compendium. Innocuous. Antediluvian. Travertine. Temerity. Accretion. Marauder. Impecuniuous. Deuce. Ebullient. Halcyon. Torpid. Raiment. Thaumaturge. Lackadaisical. Arbalest. Marplot. Mandrake. Salcious. Audacious. Remonstrance. Languorous. Louche. Duplicitious. Quim.
Mackerel-backed shaver. Jack-weighted hob. Prick-fed donkey. Dunderhead.
Useful little fingerstink.
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