2021-12-29

Published: 2021-12-29

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-29.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• ethnologist
• brachiate
• aberrant
• ansible
• wattle and daub
• creek
• delicious
• thatch
• forage
• askance

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ethnologist

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notes

• Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, group of people, country)
• Some say that we should stop using the word ethnic. https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/07/stop-using-ethnic-to-describe-poc/

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brachiate

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• Latin bracchium (arm)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiation

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aberrant

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• Latin ab- (away from) + errō (I wander) (cf. error)

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ansible

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notes

• coined by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966 in her novella Rocannon’s World
• I saw this word in her novel Solitude
• from answerable

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wattle and daub

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notes

• see Images

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creek

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notes

• see Images

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delicious

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• not necessarily tasty

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thatch

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notes

• PIE /(s)teg-* (cover)
• cf. Latin tegō (I cover, I clothe) (cf. protect)

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forage

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• fodder + -age

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askance

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• in form look askance
• cf. askew