2022-05-04

Published: 2022-05-04

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-04.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• clot
• broom
• disused
• feeble
• defective
• imbecile
• fumble
• fester
• pus
• wither

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clot

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• often in blood clot
• cf. clod (a lump of earth), klutz (a clumsy person)

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broom

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disused

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feeble

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• Latin fleō (I weep)

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defective

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• defect
• Latin de- + faciō (I do) (cf. facilitate, difficult, effect, etc.)

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imbecile

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• Latin bacillum, baculum (a wand) (imbēcillus literally means “without support”)
• According to the OED:

  The pronunciation /ɪmˈbɛsɪl/, connected with the confusion of this word and embezzle v., was usual until the beginning of the 19th cent.

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fumble

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fester

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• Latin fistula <- findō (I separate)
• doublet of fistula (an abnormal connection between organs)

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pus

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• Latin pūs (pus)
• cognate with foul, purulent (containing pus) (with the suffix -ulent meaning “full of” (cf. flatulent))

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wither

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• variant of weather (ultimately differentiated for certain senses)