Whenever I use an uncommon word, I try to indicate its meaning within the text.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.
The way I write, words can means lots of different things.
In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
I keep saying the word 'weird' over and over again, but it's the only way I can describe it.
I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.
I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.