2021-12-25

Published: 2021-12-25

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-25.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• cachet
• humdrum
• dull-witted
• drudge
• morphology
• abridged
• floccinaucinihilipilification
• sesquipedalophobia
• drum up
• conglomeration

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cachet

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humdrum

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• reduplication of hum
• https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/12/08/reduplication.html

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dull-witted

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• having a dull wit

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drudge

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morphology

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)

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abridged

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• abridge is the doublet of abbreviate
• Latin “breviō” (I shorten)

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floccinaucinihilipilification

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• Latin floccus (“a wisp”) + naucum (“a trifle”) + nihilum (“nothing”) + pilus (“a hair”)

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sesquipedalophobia

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• sesquipedalian (a long word) + phobia
• Latin “sesqui” (one and a half) + “pedal” (foot)

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drum up

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conglomeration

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• Latin “con-“ + “glomerō” (I gather) <- “glomus” (ball-shaped mass), cognate with “globus” (round object), cf. globe