2022-07-28

Published: 2022-07-28

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-07-28.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• cannibalize
• waiver
• fearsome
• abreast
• plinth
• beveled
• mother
• sidle
• squiggle
• congruous
• floof
• bray
• lunge
• iron bit
• register
• resigned
• set one’s teeth
• deltoid
• gelid
• bobble

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cannibalize

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• cannibal + -ize <- Latin canibales (the Carib people)
• The OED says:

  The sense ‘person who eats human flesh’ developed from early reports imputing such practises to the peoples of the West Indies

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waiver

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• waive + -er

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fearsome

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• cf. awesome, handsome, fulsome, etc.

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abreast

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• a- + breast
• cf. keep/stay abreast of

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plinth

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• Latin plinthus (plinth)

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beveled

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• bevel

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mother

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• slang “motherfucker”

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sidle

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• probably frequentative of side

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squiggle

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• imitative
• cf. wriggle

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congruous

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• Latin congruō (I come together)

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floof

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• “to make something fluffy”

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bray

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lunge

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• aphetic variant of obsolete English allonge (to lunge) <- Latin longus (long)

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iron bit

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_iron_bit

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register

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• “to realize, to become aware of”

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resigned

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set one’s teeth

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• cf. set one’s teeth on edge

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deltoid

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• delta + -oid (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “having the form or nature of”) (cf. cardioid, etc.)
• Greek δελτοειδής delta-shaped

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gelid

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• Latin gelidus (icy) <- gelō (I freeze) (see also https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/12/10/gelo.html)

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bobble

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• (as a noun) diminutive of bob
• (as a verb) frequentative of bob