2022-11-04

Published: 2022-11-04

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-04.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• stale
• salacious
• tinnily
• cut corners
• unctuous
• busybody
• vitalic
• tip off
• plum
• rake over the coals

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stale

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• stale (not fresh) < its obsolete sense “(of malt liquor, mead, wine) that has stood long enough to clear” < probably Germanic root *sta- (to stand)

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salacious

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• Latin saliō (I leap)
• cf. assault, assail (< ad- + saliō), desultory, insult, resilient, salient, somersault, etc.

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tinnily

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• tinny + -ly
• “with a tinny sound”

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cut corners

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unctuous

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• Latin unctum (ointment) < ungō (I anoint)
• cf. unguent (an ointment)

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busybody

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• busy + body

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vitalic

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• vital + -ic

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tip off

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plum

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• “something that is very good and worth having”

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rake over the coals

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• also haul over the coals