2022-07-20

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-20.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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slapdash

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  • slap + dash

disquiet

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  • dis- + quiet <- Latin quiēs (quiet)

just as well

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acclimate

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  • French a- + climat (climate)
  • later acclimatize

flask

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nightstand

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  • night + stand

bandage

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  • French bandage <- bande (band) + -age

salve

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  • PIE *selp- (oil), whence sulfur

skeletal

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  • skelet- (in skeleton) + -al

grate

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  • cf. grater

matte

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  • cf. glossy

pique

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  • French pique (quarrel) <- piquer (to prick, sting)

bleary

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  • archaic blear (dim) + -y

rubble

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  • perhaps related to rubbish

stubby

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  • stub + -y

chance

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olive

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  • Latin olīva (olive)

hale

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  • Northern and Scots variant of whole
  • often in hale and hearty

iota

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  • Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”)

confection

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  • Latin cōnfectiō (making) <- cōnficiō (I prepare)
  • cf. comfit, confetti
  • cf. confect (to make (something) by putting together various elements)