2022-08-10

Published: 2022-08-10

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-10.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• proffer
• packet
• batter
• gale
• supine
• checksum
• fruitcake
• insubordination
• roger
• gantry

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proffer

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• cf. offer

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packet

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• pack + -et (forming diminutives from nouns)

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batter

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gale

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• Old Norse gala (to sing), whence nightingale (birds noted for the melodious song of the male which can be heard at night), yell, obsolete English gale (to sing)

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supine

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• Latin supīnus (lying face upwards) <- the stem of super (above)
• cf. prone

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checksum

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• check + sum

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fruitcake

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• “a cake containing (usually dried or preserved) fruit”
• “a crazy person”
• cf. nutty as a fruitcake

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insubordination

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roger

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• representing the letter R (the initial letter of received)

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gantry

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