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?
Joe Abercrombie seems to work the word “gormlessly” into all of his books. I think it’s a running gag at this point - I could swear he writes entire characters just so one can smile gormlessly.