Inamorato

Definer challenged me to come up with synonyms for “Inamorato.” Well, lover boy, here is a start, for both the bitter and the blessed.

Words:

egotist, partner, foil, dandy, laggard, dream, dolt, gadabout, palimpsest, roustabout, curiosity, vexation, mystery, mistake, bliss, stupefied, absentminded, impossible, engorged, beauteous, desired/desirable, tumescent, pulchritudinous, Beau Brummell, compliment

Phrases:

Warm, clean laundry on a cold day

That first sip of sherry/cognac/whiskey/vodka/beer etc.

A heavy moon in an amber sky

A new fork and a full plate

An old manuscript, faded at the edges and never finished

The worst case of buyer’s remorse

Driving really fast without concern for speed limits, why we have them, or who enforces them

That first shower after a three-day hike

Forgetting what you are wearing, how you look, and just feeling covered by the gaze of another

An anchor, dragging stubbornly across shallow seas

The warning your mother gave you that was never heeded

Regret with a charming smile

Everything you ever desired and never knew you wanted

Melancholy on the rocks, with a chaser of insecurity

Disappointment couched as hope

The insult you knew was coming

What you thought was pride is now embarrassment

A mirror held too close