2022-11-09

Published: 2022-11-09

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-09.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• larceny
• corporal
• hillbilly
• pecan
• possum pie
• opossum
• throwaway
• pulp
• electroencephalograph
• untimely

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larceny

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• Anglo-Norman or French larcin (larceny) + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns of quality or condition (e.g., folly, jealousy, etc.)) < Latin latrōcinium (robbery) < latrō (robber)
• cf. petty larceny

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corporal

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• Latin corpus (body)
• cf. English corpus, corpse, corporate, incorporate, corpulent (with Latin suffix -ulentus which is employed to form adjectives, usually with the force of “abounding in”, “full of”), corset (< Old French cors < Latin corpus), etc.

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hillbilly

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• derogatory
• hill + billy (meaning “fellow”, Scottish (https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/billy_n1)), hence “a person from a remote rural or mountainous area, esp. of the south-eastern U.S.”

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pecan

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• French pacane < Illinois pakani (nut)

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possum pie

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• https://houseofnasheats.com/arkansas-possum-pie/

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opossum

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• Virginia Algonquian opassom < op- (white) + -assom (dog, doglike animal)
• cf. possum (aphetic form of opossum)

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throwaway

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• throw + away
• synosyms single-use, disposable, etc.

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pulp

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• Latin pulpa (fleshy portion of the animal body, pulp of fruit, pith of wood)

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electroencephalograph

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• EEG
• cf. encephalon, cephalopod, etc.

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untimely

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• e.g. untimely death