2021-12-11

Published: 2021-12-11

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-11.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• hobble
• aphasic
• pedigree
• interlocutor
• breeze through
• stymie
• limp
• clinch
• holler
• loquacious

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hobble

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notes

• “to walk in an awkward way” -> “to limit something or control the freedom of someone”

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aphasic

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notes

• noun aphasia
• ἀ (privative) + “φημί” (I speak) (cf. fame, phatic)

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pedigree

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notes

• late Middle English “pee de grewe”
• “pes” (foot) + “grus” (crane) crane’s foot’
• Probably because pedigree looks like a bird’s footprint

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interlocutor

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notes

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

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breeze through

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• just “breeze through” or “breeze through something”

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stymie

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• originally from golf
• obscure origin
• “the situation where a player’s ball lay behind or blocked by another player’s ball” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stymie)

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limp

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clinch

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• “to finally win something”
• boxing clinch
• variant of clench

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holler

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• spelled as “hollo”, “hollow”, or “holla” (/ˈhɒlə/) (different word from “hollow” /ˈhɑloʊ/)

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loquacious

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notes

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