2022-08-24
Published: 2022-08-24Words that I added to Anki on 2022-08-24.
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eyepit
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- eye + pit
caterwaul
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- cater (which is connected with cat) + waul (to utter the loud harsh cry characteristic of cats or of new-born babies), the latter of which is probably echoic
arrest
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- Latin restō (I remain) <- re- + stō (I stand)
- “to stop or interrupt the development of something”
oldster
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- old + -ster after youngster
- cf. archaic webster (weaver)
margarine
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- an application arising from a misconception about the chemical nature of the substance “margarin” (a glyceryl ester of margaric acid)
skulk
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contrarian
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- contrary + -an <- Latin contrā (against)
mug shot
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- mug (a face), perhaps in allusion to the drinking mugs made to represent a grotesque human face which were common in the 18th cent.
sparkler
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- sparkle + -er <- spark + -le (frequentative or diminutive suffix)
cisgender
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- Latin preposition cis (on this side of), opposed to trans or ultra (across)
- after transgender
- cf. cisalpine (on this side of the Alps), cismontane (on this side of the mountains, esp. of the Alps), cisatlantic (on this side of the Atlantic), etc.