2022-06-03

Published: 2022-06-03

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-03.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• brat
• militarism
• flabby
• smuggle
• hedge
• melee
• referendum
• preventive
• fleecy
• make-believe

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brat

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militarism

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• military + -ism <- Latin mīles (soldier) + -āris

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flabby

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• an onomatopoeic modification of the earlier flappy <- flap (loosely fastened) + -y

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smuggle

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hedge

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• “to limit something severely”

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melee

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• Latin misceō (I mix) (see also https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/11/21/misceo.html)
• U.S. /ˈmeɪ.leɪ/
• cf. medley

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referendum

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• Latin referendum, neuter gerundive of referō (I refer to)

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preventive

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• prevent + -ive

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fleecy

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• fleece + -y

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make-believe

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