2022-07-14

Published: 2022-07-14

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-14.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• condensation
• amorphous
• bolo tie
• yeast
• booze
• reagent
• subpar
• botulism
• groggy
• pyromania
• batten
• disarray
• pesky
• requisition
• perusal
• gangrene
• whir
• intrepid
• curveball
• retrograde

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condensation

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• Latin condēnsō (I condense)

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amorphous

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• a- (alpha privative) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”)

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bolo tie

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• probably ultimately from Spanish bola (ball)

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yeast

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booze

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reagent

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• reagent stands in the same relation to react as agent does to act

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subpar

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• sub- + par

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botulism

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• Latin botulus (sausage)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism

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groggy

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• grog (a drink consisting of spirits and water) + -y

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pyromania

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• pyro- + -mania <- Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”)

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batten

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• a variant of baton

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disarray

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• cf. array

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pesky

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• probably an alteration of pest or pesty

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requisition

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perusal

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• peruse + -al <- per (through) + use

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gangrene

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whir

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• also whirr
• cf. whirl

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intrepid

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• Latin trepidus (nervous) <- PIE *trep- (to tremble), which is related to PIE *trem-, whence tremble

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curveball

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• curve + ball

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retrograde

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• Latin retrō (backward) + gradus (a step)
• cf. grade