2022-10-15
Published: 2022-10-15Words that I added to Anki on 2022-10-15.
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mouse potato
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- after couch potato
- from boob tuber (television) and tuber (an underground structure consisting of a solid thickened portion or outgrowth of a stem or rhizome, of a more or less rounded form, and bearing ‘eyes’ or buds from which new plants may arise, such as the potato)
- perhaps with association with vegetable, meaning “one who leads an uneventful or monotonous life, without intellectual or social activity”
solicitude
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- Latin sollicitūdō (anxiety)
mohair
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poncho
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- Spanish poncho
argyle
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- also spelled argyll
- < Argyll (a historic county and registration county of western Scotland) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll)
miasma
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- Ancient Greek μίασμα (stain)
- see also miasma theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory)
taradiddle
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- also spelled tarradiddle
- cf. diddle (a deception)
lobotomy
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- lob- (in lobe) + -o- + -tomy (suffix denoting activities that involve cutting or dissecting)
stultify
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- Latin stultus (foolish)
treasure
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- “to put away for preservation, security, or future use”