2021-12-17

Published: 2021-12-17

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-17.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• prance
• tear someone away
• enclosure
• flank
• opium
• topsy-turvy
• contour
• reify
• homunculus
• hunk

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prance

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• cf. prank

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tear someone away

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• often in form “can’t tear myself away (from)”

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enclosure

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flank

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opium

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• see images
• made from the seeds of a poppy

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topsy-turvy

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• uncertain origin
• possible explanation: topsy <- top side, turvy <- tirve (to turn),

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contour

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• “tornō” (I turn, make round)

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reify

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• Latin “rēs”, meaning “thing” + “-fy” (cf. real)
• cf. deify, meaning “to make someone or something into a god” (“deus” (god) + “-fy”)

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homunculus

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• “homō” (human) + “-culus” (which forms diminutives)
• plural, homunculi

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hunk

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