2022-01-01

Published: 2022-01-01

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-01-01.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• knead
• munchkin
• mynah
• chirp
• wizardry
• oronym
• smear
• quadriplegic
• stenographer
• coalesce

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knead

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munchkin

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mynah

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• alt. myna
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myna

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chirp

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notes

• cf. chirm, charm
• the letter p is suggestive of the movements of a bird’s bill (cf. cheep (a thin, high-pitched cry made by a young bird), peep (a feeble, high-pitched sound made by a young bird))

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wizardry

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• wizard + -ry (meaning “the art of”)

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oronym

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• Latin ōs (mouth) + Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma, name)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone#Same-sounding_phrases

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smear

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quadriplegic

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• quadri- (four) + suffix -plegia (paralysis) <- Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, I strike)
• cf. hemiplegic

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stenographer

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• steno- (narrow) <- Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”)

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coalesce

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• Latin co- + alēscō (I grow)
• cf. adolescent