2022-06-15

Published: 2022-06-15

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-15.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• goop
• wee
• commode
• piping
• dilly-dally
• snicker
• telemetry
• anomaly
• formaldehyde
• beanbag

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goop

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notes

• cf. goo

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wee

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notes

• cf. wee-wee, peepee, etc.

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commode

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notes

• Latin commodus (commodious)
• cf. commodious

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piping

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notes

• piping hot means “very hot” <- “so hot as to make a whistling or hissing sound” <- pipe (musical instrument)

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dilly-dally

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notes

• reduplication with vowel variation of dally with the same alternation as in zig-zag, shilly-shally (indecisive behavior), etc.

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snicker

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notes

• cf. snigger, whicker, nicker, neigh

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telemetry

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notes

• tele- + -metry <- -meter + -y
• Japanese 遠隔測定法

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anomaly

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notes

• Latin anōmalia (anomaly) <- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-“) + ὁμᾰλός (homalós, “even”)
• NOT related to normal (which comes from Latin norma (norm) <- Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “carpenter’s square”))

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formaldehyde

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notes

• form- + aldehyde <- German Aldehyd <- al- + dehyd- <- alkohol (alcohol) + dehydrogenatum (deprived of hydrogen)
• Japanese ホルムアルデヒド

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beanbag

definitions

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notes

• bean + bag