2022-04-28

Published: 2022-04-28

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-28.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• satay
• exude
• biomimicry
• sinus
• mousetrap
• impure
• -athon
• fickle
• vulcanization
• inadvertent

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satay

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notes

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satay

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exude

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notes

• Latin ex- + sūdō (I sweat)

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biomimicry

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notes

• bio- + mimicry <- mimic + -ry <- Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator”) -> English meme, mime
• also biomimetics
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics

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sinus

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notes

• Latin sinus
• cf. sine, sinusoid (/ˈsaɪnəsɔɪd/), sinuous

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mousetrap

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impure

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-athon

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• irregularly extracted from marathon
• the OED defines this suffix as “to form words denoting something carried on for an abnormal length of time”
• cf. hackathon, talkathon, walkathon, etc.
• also -a-thon, -thon (after a vowel)

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fickle

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vulcanization

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• vulcanize
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanization
• English Vulcan (the god of fire / (allusively) a metalworker)
• Japanese 加硫

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inadvertent

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• Latin advertō (I give attention to) <- ad- + vertō (I turn) (cf. avert <- ab- + vertō)