2022-05-18

Published: 2022-05-18

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-18.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• vulcanism
• fault
• basalt
• chasm
• vein
• wart
• constipated
• epilepsy
• seizure
• spelunking

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vulcanism

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• also volcanism
• cf. vulcanize

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fault

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• “a crack in the earth’s surface where the rock has divided into two parts that move against each other”
• Japanese 断層

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basalt

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chasm

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vein

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• “the frame of a leaf” (Japanese 葉脈), “the frame or an insect’s wing” (Japanese 翅脈) or “a narrow layer of a substance that forms in or fills a crack in rock” (Japanese 岩脈)

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wart

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constipated

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• Latin con- + stīpō (I compress, stuff)
• cf. constipate
• cf. stiff

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epilepsy

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• Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon”) + λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lambánō, “I seize”).
• syllable, catalepsy (κατά (katá, “against”) + λᾰμβᾰ́νω), dilemma
• Japanese 癲癇

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seizure

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• “a sudden attack”

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spelunking

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• caving, U.S. spelunking, U.K. potholing
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caving
• obsolete English spelunk (cave)