verve, primrosely, perspicacity

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin 1812-1852

 Great Britain's foremost architect and designer of the nineteenth century, a man with extraordinary talent, verve and perspicacity. A man who believed in himself, and harboured a passion for Gothic and the Roman Catholic Church.



Or: He courts paradox so primrosely, describing his Dupin-like detective character as having “reckless perspicacity” and the light in his infinite Library of Babel as being “insufficient, and unceasing.” But see, such worship is pale.

verve

vəːv/

noun

1. vigour and spirit or enthusiasm.

   "Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility"

Full Definition of VERVE

1

archaic :  special ability or talent

2

a :  the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance :  vivacity

b :  energy, vitality

1. [名][U]
2. 1 ((文))（芸術作品などにみられる）熱情，力，気迫，（一般に）活気，気力.
3. 2 ((古))才，才能.

4. き‐はく【気迫／気^×魄】

    
    
    
    
   1. 力強く立ち向かってゆく精神力。「―がこもる」「―に満ちた演技」

詩學上稱VERVE 為神韻、意韻說


primrose
n. - 櫻草花, 櫻草色, 報春花
idioms:

• primrose path 歡樂生涯, 放蕩生活, 尋歡作樂

perspicacity
noun [U] FORMAL APPROVING
the ability to understand things quickly and make accurate judgments:
a woman of exceptional perspicacity