2022-06-08

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-08.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list


concertina

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  • concert + -ina (suffix forming names of musical instruments)
  • cf. concertina wire

newfangled

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  • obsolete English fangle (to fabricate)

plump

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sack

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  • Latin saccus (bag)
  • cf. satchel

curtsy

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notes

  • also spelled curtsey
  • a variant of courtesy, reduced to two syllables

bosom

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sizzle

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  • imitative
  • sizz (to hiss) + -le (frequentative suffix)
  • cf. siss (to hiss), hiss

spar

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isle

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  • Latin insula (island)
  • cf. islet (diminutive of isle)
  • NOT related to island (which comes from Old Norse eyland)

puff

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notes

  • imitative