2022-06-05
Published: 2022-06-05Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-05.
The contents were automatically generated except notes part.
word list
textile
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- Latin textile (textile) <- texō (I weave)
- cf. texture
prowess
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- cf. proud
flaccid
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- flaccus (flabby)
- cf. flabby
conjoin
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- con- + join
escapade
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- ultimately from Latin ex- + cappa (sleeveless coat)
- cf. escape, cape, 合羽 (borrowing from Portuguese capa (cape))
ovulate
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- Latin ōvum (egg)
- cf. ovum (a mature female reproductive cell)
cowardice
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- Latin cauda (tail) (one hypothesis suggests that a coward animal “turns tail”)
illegible
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- il- + legible <- Latin legō (I read)
strangle
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- Latin strangulō (I strangle) <- PIE *strengʰ- (to twist)
- cf. strangulate (to constrict an organ, duct, etc. so as to prevent circulation or the passage of fluid)
impregnate
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- Latin nāscor (I am born)
- cf. impregn (impregnate) (now only in poetic use?)