the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance

Aldhelm is a hard author. His 'densa silva latinitatis' [dense forest of Latinity] is close to impenetrable, and his proverbial verbosity doubtless has led the most chalcenteric readers to wonder if there was any reward at the end for their pains.

Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.

—A woful lunatic, Mulligan said. Were you in a funk?