2022-06-28

Published: 2022-06-28

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-06-28.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• quadruple
• flummox
• whisker
• doohickey
• spook
• knock off
• theatrical
• casing
• innards
• rotor

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quadruple

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notes

• Latin quadruplus <- quedru + plus (cf. Latin duplus)
• cf. double, tripple, etc.
• cf. quadriplegic, quadrant, etc.

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flummox

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whisker

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• whisk + -er

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doohickey

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• doodad (a gadget whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall) + hickey (a gadget) cf. thingamabob, thingummy*, etc.

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spook

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notes

• Dutch spook (ghost)

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knock off

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theatrical

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• theatric <- theatre + -ic

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casing

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innards

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• from a regional pronunciation of inwards <- in + -ward (primarily forming adjectives, with the sense “having a specified direction”)

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rotor

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• an irregular shortening of rotator