2021-12-21

Published: 2021-12-21

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-21.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• swerve
• come apart at the seams
• slant
• deciduous
• swoon
• esophagus
• brood
• uffish
• whiffle
• tulgey

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swerve

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• cf. swarm, sweep
• the sudden emergence of the sense of “turn aside” in Middle English (uncertain)

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come apart at the seams

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slant

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• cf. slope, slip, slide

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deciduous

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• Latin dēcidō (I fall down) <- “de-“ + “cadō” (I fall)
• “dēcīdō” (not dēcidō) means “I cut off” and figuratively means “I decide”, which is the origin of English “decide”

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swoon

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esophagus

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• alt. oesophagus
• οἴσω (oísō, “I will bear”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).
• suffix “-phagous” forms adjectives with the sense “that feeds on” (e.g. anthropophagous (feeding on human flesh), phytophagous (feeding on plants (“phyto-“ means “relating plants”)))

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brood

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uffish

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• = huffish

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whiffle

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• frequentative form of whiff
• onomatopoeia

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tulgey

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