2022-05-29
Published: 2022-05-29Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-29.
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word list
pasteurize
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization
- French microbiologist, Louis Pasteur invented the process of pasteurization
trough
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- “a long, narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals”
bulky
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- bulk + -y
purposive
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- purpose + -ive
lax
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- Latin laxus (loose), cognate with languish
- cf. relax
cellophane
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- brand name, cellulose + -phane (suffix forming nouns denoting substances or materials (esp. minerals) whose appearance or optical qualities are expressed by the first element)
- Japanese セロハン
scruffy
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- scruff (what is worthless or contemptible) + -y <- metathetic variant of scurf (very small pieces of dry dead skin)
- scruff (the nape of the neck) comes from scuff (the nape of the neck)
abo
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- clipping or shortening of aboriginal
- Latin ab orīgine (from the beginning) <- orīgō (beginning) (cf. origin)
- Australian slang (now considered offensive)
beaten
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- e.g. off the beaten path (in or into an isolated place)
witchetty grub
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- also witchety grub or witjuti grub
- a borrowing from Adnyamathanha