Why this word is great
DILECTION — [Noun] A deliberate, chosen love or devoted affection, born of conscious esteem and willful selection. From the Latin dilectio ("love, affection, esteem"), from diligere ("to love, to choose"), from dis- ("apart") + legere ("to choose, pick"). Unlike affection, which suggests a gentle, warming fondness, or predilection, which denotes a casual preference for trivialities, dilection is love as a discriminating verdict. It is the scholar’s patient return to a single, dog-eared text; the gardener’s daily tending of a particular, unpromising vine; the quiet hand placed upon a shoulder in a crowded room, a signal that says *you, and no other*. It is love as architecture, not weather.