2022-05-13

Published: 2022-05-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• racketeer
• begrudge
• jumble
• haunch
• bade
• redden
• hyperbole
• handiwork
• rime
• dismount

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racketeer

definitions

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notes

• racket (an illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money) + -eer (suffix forming nouns denoting persons)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeering

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begrudge

definitions

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notes

• be- (near, about, by) + grudge

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jumble

definitions

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notes

• According to the Wiktionary, jumble is frequentative of Middle English jumpen (to jump), while the OED reads “probably onomatopoeic”

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haunch

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bade

definitions

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notes

• past tense of bid in the sense “to give a greeting to someone, or to ask someone to do something” (otherwise, just bid)
• some people seem to pronounce this as /beɪd/ (see Youglish)

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redden

definitions

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notes

• red + -en
• red as a verb (meaning “redden”) is now rare

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hyperbole

definitions

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notes

• Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”)
• cf. parabola, hyperbola

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handiwork

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rime

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dismount

definitions

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notes

• dis- + mount