2022-10-25

Published: 2022-10-25

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-10-25.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• waistcoat
• snood
• maxiskirt
• sylvan
• sermon
• trial by ordeal
• mimsy
• slithy
• unbeknown
• claimant

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waistcoat

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• U.S. /ˈwɛskət/
• waist + coat

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snood

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maxiskirt

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• maxi- (forming nouns denoting things which are very long or large of their kind) < maximun, after mini-
• cf. maxi coat

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sylvan

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• also silvan
• Latin silva (forest)
• cf. Pennsylvania, sylviculture

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sermon

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• Latin sermōnem, sermo (talk)

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trial by ordeal

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• the word ordeal originally only meant trial by ordeal
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_ordeal

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mimsy

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• blend of miserable and flimisy

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slithy

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• blend of slimy + lithe

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unbeknown

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• un- + archaic beknown (known) < obsolete beknow (to become acquainted) < be- (forming intensive verbs, with sense of “thoroughly”) + obsolete knows (that makes an acknowledgement) < icnawe < gecnǣwe (conscious of) < y- + the Germanic base of know + -e (Old English suffix forming adjectives)
• cf. work (Old English gewyrce (work))
• cf. unbeknownst

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claimant

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• claim + -ant