2022-07-02

Published: 2022-07-02

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-02.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• hunker
• baton
• contraband
• power trip
• culpable
• shackle
• graft
• farce
• bender
• anodize

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hunker

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• often with down

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baton

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contraband

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• Italian contrabando (contraband) <- contra (against) + bando (statute)
• cf. ban

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power trip

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• the OED defines this expression as the following:

An activity which confers a sense of power and authority on the person or people involved

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culpable

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• Latin culpō (I blame)
• cf. culprit

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shackle

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graft

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• perhaps graft (the obtaining of profit by dishonest means) <- graft (work) <- graft (digging), ultimately cognate with grave, groove, grub, etc.

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farce

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• originally “stuffing” (from Latin farciō (I stuff)) , then “an interlude”, and then “a humorous play”

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bender

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• often in form to go on a bender

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anodize

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• anode + -ize
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing