2022-07-03

Published: 2022-07-03

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-03.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• far cry
• kludge
• epoxy
• bandoleer
• quaver
• broad strokes
• awash
• slurry
• viscous
• bombard

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far cry

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• often in form be a far cry from

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kludge

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• German klug (smart)
• Accroding to the OED’s quotation:

  The word ‘kludge’ is..derived from the same root as the German Kluge.., originally meaning ‘smart’ or ‘witty’… ‘Kludge’ eventually came to mean ‘not so smart’ or ‘pretty ridiculous’.

• cf. klutz

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epoxy

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• epoxide <- epi- (upon) + oxide
• cf. epoxy resin

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bandoleer

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• also bandolier

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quaver

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• cf. quiver, quake

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broad strokes

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awash

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• a- (variant of on) + wash

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slurry

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viscous

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• Latin viscum (mistletoe, birdlime made from mistletoe-berries)
• homophone viscus

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bombard

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• ultimately cognate with bomb via Latin bombus (a humming noise), but not directly bomb + -ard