2022-08-18

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-18.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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degenerate

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  • Latin dēgenerō (I degenerate, I depart from its race or kind) <- dēgener (that departs from its race) <- genus (race)

indelible

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  • Latin indēlēbilis (indelible) <- dēlēbilis (delible) <- dēleō (I destroy)

rip off

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genie

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  • French génie <- Latin genius (the deity or guardian spirit of a person)

aperient

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  • “opening the bowels” <- Latin aperiō (I open)
  • cf. aperture, aperitif, pert (aphetic form of obsolete apert (open)), overt

laxative

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  • Latin laxus (loose) -> lax, relax, etc.

purgative

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  • Latin pūrgō (I purge) (whence purge, purgatory)

hail

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ruminate

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  • Latin rūminor (I chew the cud) <- rūmen (rumen)

oat

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