2022-09-24

Published: 2022-09-24

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-24.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• lassitude
• suzerain
• elevator pitch
• icky
• scrounge
• sublime
• coopt
• pad
• abuzz
• grueling

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lassitude

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• Latin lassitūdo < lassus (weary)
• cf. alas (< Old French a, las! < Latin lassus), late

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suzerain

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• French suzerain < souverain -> sovereign

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elevator pitch

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• cf. elevator speech, elevator statement, etc.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_pitch

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icky

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scrounge

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sublime

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• Latin sublīmō (I raise)

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coopt

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• also co-opt
• Latin cooptō (I choose, I coopt) < com- + optō (I choose)
• cf. opt, etc.

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pad

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• pad (a flat or apartment, usually for a single person) < pad (a bed)

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abuzz

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• a- (with nouns and verb stems, forming adverbs expressing activity, position, condition, etc.) + buzz

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grueling

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• gruel (to exhaust)