2022-04-12

Published: 2022-04-12

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-12.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• ferret
• fraught
• luster
• rig
• machinations
• by dint of
• indebted
• abound
• hubris
• brink

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ferret

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• literally means “to hunt with ferrets”
• often in form “ferret out”

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fraught

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luster

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• Latin lūstrō (I make bright)

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rig

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machinations

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• Latin māchinātiō (contrivance) <- māchinor (I devise)
• cf. deus ex machina

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by dint of

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• dint means “force”
• congnate with ding (to make a short ringing sound like a bell) via PIE *dʰen- (to strike)

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indebted

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abound

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• Latin abundō (I overflow) <- ab- (from, down from) undō (surge, swell) <- unda (wave)
• cf. abundance

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hubris

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• Ancient Greek ῠ̔́βρις (húbris, “pride”)

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brink

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