Callipygian
I have managed to use the word callipygian in a sentence in Crimson Mask, and this pleases me greatly. Not only because its a great word, but because the sheer challenge of finding a way to use it, especially in a fantasy novel.
Writers, more than anyone else, are the keeper words and it is their duty to teach them to the next generation. A person doesn't remember those obscure 20 words they learned every week in high school, but they do remember a word used in a great line from a they book love. Writers SHOULD use challenging words that can be understood by context, because otherwise we're going to lose all the crazy synonyms that make English such a beautiful language to read. That being said, I am 100% opposed to going to the thesaurus to look up obscure words just to use them. If I'm going to flout that I've got 15 different words to describe a blow from a sword, I better damn well have earned those 15 different ways by knowing them beforehand. (To use an example I'm sure my beta-readers appreciate.)
Incidentally, the related searches on the page reveal to me Venus Kallipygos. A famous type of statue of Aphrodite, and one, if Wiki is to be believed (and as they mostly cite other Wiki pages and I don't have time to go through the rest of their sources, I'm certainly not going to vouch for them), that had its own cult.
Writers, more than anyone else, are the keeper words and it is their duty to teach them to the next generation. A person doesn't remember those obscure 20 words they learned every week in high school, but they do remember a word used in a great line from a they book love. Writers SHOULD use challenging words that can be understood by context, because otherwise we're going to lose all the crazy synonyms that make English such a beautiful language to read. That being said, I am 100% opposed to going to the thesaurus to look up obscure words just to use them. If I'm going to flout that I've got 15 different words to describe a blow from a sword, I better damn well have earned those 15 different ways by knowing them beforehand. (To use an example I'm sure my beta-readers appreciate.)
Incidentally, the related searches on the page reveal to me Venus Kallipygos. A famous type of statue of Aphrodite, and one, if Wiki is to be believed (and as they mostly cite other Wiki pages and I don't have time to go through the rest of their sources, I'm certainly not going to vouch for them), that had its own cult.