Obsolete - who says words are no longer useful?

If you love words, you may be like me and particularly relish uncommon old words. Words that have fallen out of use, that sound extravagant and fanciful to the contemporary ear; words the dictionary still includes but describes as 'obsolete'. 

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day

If you share this love, you will enjoy the site Grandiloquent Word of the Day by Jason Travis Ott who shares his work widely on social media.  

Ott's artwork, his Victorian-era characters, and funny quotes make the words come alive again for a minute. But the words are really not alive, they are obsolete. If they are not used, they are dead. 

Were they grieved on their way to obsolescence? Did someone, at some time, say to themselves (or their barber), "Oh, why don't we hear the word 'palpebrous' anymore? It's such a handy word, so why has it fallen out of use?" I know I just did (to self, not barber). 

Well, yes, they are obsolete, I rarely know any of the Grandiloquent words. But who decided they were no longer useful? How did they fall out of use? Were they perhaps pushed? 

So she didn't

So much advice about writing urges routine, persistence and 'turning up'. No advice says what to do when the rest of life takes over, other than getting up at 4am to make more time to write. If that's what it takes, it makes you wonder if you really are a writer.

Lately, I've had to concentrate on sleeping when I can, especially at 4am. So, not much writing, but I believe I can. 

Bonus for you: you can also rest!

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