That's the problem with 'fun', obscure words. No matter how good they sound, the piece overall sounds better without them --- an instance (by no means the only) of the well-worn truism 'kill your darlings'.
Thinking about this specific instance carefully. There's a sort of tipping point and if words are on the too-fancy side of it, they (as it were) cost too much to bring in a good return-on-investment.
Better to sort of moneyball the smaller words, getting them 'cheap', and in quantity, to produce whatever overall effect you like. Don't carve boulders, shape concrete.
That's the problem with 'fun', obscure words. No matter how good they sound, the piece overall sounds better without them --- an instance (by no means the only) of the well-worn truism 'kill your darlings'.
Thinking about this specific instance carefully. There's a sort of tipping point and if words are on the too-fancy side of it, they (as it were) cost too much to bring in a good return-on-investment.
Better to sort of moneyball the smaller words, getting them 'cheap', and in quantity, to produce whatever overall effect you like. Don't carve boulders, shape concrete.