2022-05-02

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-02.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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treason

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  • Latin trādō (I surrender, betray) <- trāns (across) + (I give)
  • doublet of tradition
  • cf. betray <- be- + obsolete English tray (to betray)

bid

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handsome

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  • “large in amount”
  • hand + -some

goody-goody

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bleh

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orgy

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  • (plural) originally, “secret rites”

clergy

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  • Latin clēricus (a clerk)
  • cf. clerk, cleric

souffle

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  • French, past participle of souffler (to blow) <- Latin sufflō (I blow) <- sub- + flō (I blow)
  • cf. inflation, flatulent

puritanical

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  • puritan <- purity <- pure + -ity

languor

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  • Latin langueō (I am faint) -> languid, languish
  • cf. slack