2022-09-12

Published: 2022-09-12

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-12.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• hair
• postmortem
• louse
• eager beaver
• dandy
• bifurcate
• teeter
• quondam
• psionic
• airborne

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hair

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• “a minute amount”

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postmortem

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• Latin post mortem (after death) <- accusative of mors (death)
• cf. post-obit (<- Latin post obitum (after death) <- accusative of obitus (death))

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louse

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eager beaver

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• beaver is known for its skill in constructing huts of mud and wood for its habitation, and dams for preserving its supply of water
• cf. to work like a beaver

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dandy

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• “very good”
• cf. jim-dandy (excellent)

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bifurcate

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• Latin bifurcātus (bifurcated) <- bi- + furca (fork)
• cf. fork

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teeter

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• variant of titter (to move unsteadily) (cf. totter)

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quondam

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• Latin quondam (formerly) <- quom, variant of cum (when)

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psionic

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• psi (used to represent paranormal phenomena or faculties collectively) + -onic (in electronic)

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airborne

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• air + borne (carried or transported by (the first element)), past participle of bear (to carry)
• cf. animal-borne (disease), water-borne, etc.