2022-07-09

Published: 2022-07-09

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-09.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• mandrake
• impart
• birds of a feather
• read up on
• scad
• hermaphrodite
• orifice
• cagey
• splat
• morsel

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mandrake

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• shortened from mandragora

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impart

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• Latin impertiō (I share) <- in- + partiō (I share) <- pars (part)

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birds of a feather

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• cf. birds of a feather flock together

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read up on

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scad

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hermaphrodite

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• cf. Hermes, Aphrodite
• According to the OED:

  originally proper name of Ἑρμαϕρόδιτος son of Hermes (Mercury) and Aphrodite (Venus), who, according to the myth, grew together with the nymph Salmacis, while bathing in her fountain, and thus combined male and female characters.

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orifice

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• Latin ōrificium (opening) <- ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“I make”)

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cagey

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• etymology unknown
• NOT cage + -y

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splat

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• ultimately imitative

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morsel

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• Latin morsum (bit) <- mordeō (I bite)
• cf. remorse