I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.
Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?
I learned the word ‘unctuous’ because it was repeatedly used to describe Snape’s hair.
Snape’s hair is usually described as “greasy”, “like curtains”.
And there is Draco Malfoy’s “pale, pointed face”.
And Hermione’s “bushy brown hair”.
And Dumbledore’s “half-moon spectacles”.