2022-08-13

Published: 2022-08-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• wuss
• hoe
• shed
• arsonist
• arc
• cinch
• shears
• flay
• unwieldy
• ground

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wuss

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• probably a blend of wimp (a weak person) and puss (a pet name for a cat, a coward)
• cf. whimper (to utter a feeble cry)
• cf. puss-cat, pussy

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hoe

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• Japanese 鍬

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shed

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• variant of shade

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arsonist

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• arson (the crime of intentionally destroying or damaging property by setting fire to it) + -ist <- Latin ārdeō (I burn) -> ardent, ardor (enthusiasm)

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arc

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• Latin arcus (arc, arch)
• cf. electric arc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc

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cinch

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• cinch (a sure, safe, or easy thing) <- cinch (the saddle-girth used in Mexico, and the adjacent parts of the United States, usually made of separate twisted strands of horse-hair) <- Latin cingulum (belt) <- cingō (I surround)

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shears

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• PIE *(s)ker- (to cut)
• cf. Latin curtus (whence curt, curtail, etc.), shirt, skirt, short, etc.
• see also https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2022/01/13/curtus.html

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flay

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• may be compared with flake

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unwieldy

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• un- + wield (to handle skilfully) + -y

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ground

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