2022-04-10
Published: 2022-04-10Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-10.
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rancor
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- also rancour
- Middle English rancour
- from Latin rancor (rancor), from ranceō (I am rotten), whence English rancid (tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh)
- Homophone ranker
implore
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- Latin implōrō (I implore) <- plōrō (I cry out)
- cf. deplore (to say or think that something is very bad)
- perhaps ultimately from PIE *pleh₃(w)- (to flow), whence Old English flod and English flood
upbeat
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- antonym downbeat
grim
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repudiate
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- from Latin repudiō (I repudiate)
bungle
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- onomatopoeic (cf. bumble (to spaek or move in a confused way))
flout
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- from Middle English flute (to play on flute) ?
animus
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- Latin animus (mind)
- cf. unanimous from ūnus (one) + animus (mind)
- cf. animosity
- no plural form (sometimes animuses)
stellar
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- cf. constellation
indict
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- Latin in- + dictō (I repeat) <- dīcō (I say) -tō (frequentative suffix (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequentative#Latin))
- the spelling was re-Latinized from indite