2022-11-06

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-06.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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gild the lily

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  • also to paint the lily

lmao

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  • also LMAO
  • laughing my ass off

neo

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  • prefix neo- forms compounds referring to a new, revived, or modified form of some doctrine, belief, practice, language, artistic style, etc.
  • Ancient Greek νεο-
  • cf. new

Sino

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  • prefix Sino-
  • Latin Sīnae (The Chinese people)
  • cf. Sinology

allomorph

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  • allo- + morph < Ancient Greek ἀλλο- < ἄλλος (different)
  • cf. allophone

monad

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  • Latin monas (unit)

turret

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  • Old French torete, tourete, later tourette, diminutive of tur, tor, tour (tower)

fritter

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  • fritter (a slice of fruit, vegetable, or meat covered with batter and then fried) < Latin frīgō (I fry)
  • cf. fry
  • fritter (to waste) < fritters (minute pieces) < obsolete fitter (to break into small fragments)

doleful

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  • archaic dole (sorrow) + -ful < Latin dolium (grief)
  • cf. French deuil (grief)

forestall

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