2021-12-10

Published: 2021-12-10

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-10.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• drill
• congeal
• circumlocution
• mangle
• superimpose
• latch on
• vigil
• suckling
• wean
• frill

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drill

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• “to tell someone something repeatedly to make them remember it”
• “to train in military” probably from the obsolete sense “to turn round”
• cf. 計算ドリル

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congeal

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notes

• Simply put, to freeze
• Latin “gelō” (I freeze)

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circumlocution

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notes

• circum + loq (https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/11/04/ventriloquist.html)

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mangle

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notes

• to make (words) almost unrecognizable by mispronunciation

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superimpose

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latch on

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vigil

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• Latin “vigil” (awake, watching)
• cf. vigilant

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suckling

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notes

• suffix “-ling” forms nouns with the general sense “a person”
• it may also have a diminutive force (https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/10/30/diminutive.html)

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wean

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notes

• originally “to accustom to”
• ultimately from the same PIE origin as “win”

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frill

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• figuratively, “something additional that is not necessary”