2022-07-15

Published: 2022-07-15

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-15.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• tick off
• gimbal
• servo
• nautical
• pull out of a hat
• baffle
• abrasion
• warble
• thallium
• smidgen
• on cue
• discoloration
• stoked
• sewage
• brethren
• chow
• mishmash
• patoot
• chug
• somber

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tick off

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gimbal

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servo

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• serv- (in service station) + -o

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nautical

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• Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”)
• cf. aeronautics, astronaut, nausea, navy, navigation, etc.

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pull out of a hat

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• also draw or pick

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baffle

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abrasion

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• Latin abrādō (I scratch) <- rādō (I scrape)
• cf. erase, corrode, etc.

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warble

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thallium

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• Greek θαλλός (a green shoot), from the brilliant green line distinguishing its spectrum

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smidgen

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on cue

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• often with preceding right

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discoloration

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stoked

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sewage

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• sewer (a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely gotten rid of) + -age

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brethren

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• plural of brother in specific senses
• Middle English brether (brothers) + -en (forming plural forms)
• cf. children, oxen

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chow

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• shortened from chow-chow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Chow)

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mishmash

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• reduplication of mash

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patoot

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• also patootie
• probably an alteration of potato (sweet patootie)

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chug

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• onomatopœic

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somber

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• Latin sub- + umbra (a shadow)
• cf. umbrella