2022-10-13

Published: 2022-10-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-10-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• Dahlia
• shop
• jangle
• Formica
• debtor
• pizzle
• dearie
• skosh
• anno Domini
• ration stamp

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Dahlia

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• named 1791 in honour of Dahl, a Swedish botanist

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shop

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• “to give the police information about a criminal” < obsolete “to imprison”

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jangle

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• influenced by jingle

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Formica

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• “he proprietary name of a hard, durable plastic laminate used esp. as a decorative surfacing material” < for mica
• “a genus of ants of the family Formicidae” < Latin formīca (ant)

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debtor

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• cf. creditor

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pizzle

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dearie

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• dear + -y (diminutive suffix)

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skosh

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• Japanese sukoshi (a little)
• often in a skosh

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anno Domini

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• A.D.
• Latin annō, ablative of annus (year) + dominī, genitive of dominus (lord)

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ration stamp

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ration_stamp
• cf. ration coupon, ration book, ration card, etc.