2022-07-21

Published: 2022-07-21

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-21.

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word list

• deverbal
• confect
• red-eye
• red-handed
• thaw
• chitchat
• tamp
• croon
• pent
• churn
• topography
• columnar
• aeon
• surmount
• glower
• chagrin
• chuff
• harpoon
• clod
• guttural

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deverbal

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• de- + verb + -al
• According to the OED:

  In late Latin, dēcompositus was used by the grammarians in the sense ‘formed or derived from a compound (word)’

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confect

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• Latin cōnficiō (I prepare)

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red-eye

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red-handed

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• with the verb catch

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thaw

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chitchat

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• reduplication of chat

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tamp

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• often with following preposition down
• cf. tampion (a plug for stopping an aperture)

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croon

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• Chiefly Scottish?

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pent

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• usually pent up (or pent-up)
• originally from past participle of pend (to constrict) (or pen)
• cf. pen

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churn

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topography

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• Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”)
• cf. eutopia, dystopia, topology, toponym, etc.

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columnar

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• Latin columnāris

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aeon

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• also eon
• Ancient Greek αἰών (lifetime)
• cf. aye pronounced as /eɪ/ (U.S.) meaning “ever”, and perhaps related to aye (meaning “yes”) as well

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surmount

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• cf. French surmonter

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glower

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chagrin

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• French chagrin (rough skin, shagreen)
• in English the word in the original material sense is now written shagreen
• often in form (much) to one’s chagrin

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chuff

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harpoon

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• Japanese 銛 (もり)

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clod

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• originally a variant of clot
• cf. kludge, klutz, etc.

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guttural

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• Latin guttur (throat)