2022-10-16

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-10-16.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list


mannequin

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  • French mannequin < Dutch mannekijn < man (man) + -kin (forming diminutives)

meteor

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  • Latin meteora < Ancient Greek μετέωρος (raised) < μετα- (meta-) + ἠορ-, ablaut variant of the base of ἀείρειν (to raise)
  • cf. aorta (< ἀείρειν)

curdle

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notes

  • curd (to form by curdling) + -le (frequentative suffix)

outbid

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notes

  • out- + bid

q.t.

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  • the initial and final letters of quiet
  • chiefly in on the q.t.

fob

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exhilarate

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  • Latin exhilarō (I exhilarate) < ex- + hilaris (cheerful)
  • cf. hilarity (cheerfulness), hilarious

hit the road

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  • also hit the trail

kibbutz

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  • Hebrew qibbūṣ (collective settlement)
  • plural kibbutzim (in Hebrew -im seems to be added at the end of masculine nouns in order to form plural nouns?)

spurious

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  • Latin spurius (false)