2022-11-26

Published: 2022-11-26

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-11-26.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• pestle
• alley-oop
• simpleton
• goon
• bandwidth
• lumber
• pop-hole
• scullery
• stout
• hoof

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pestle

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alley-oop

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• French allez-hop < allez, imperative of aller (to go) + hop, which is of imitative origin

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simpleton

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• probable simple + -ton (in surnames with that ending (e.g. Chesterton)), probably originally as a (humorous) surname for a generic character

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goon

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• shortened from gooney or from the name of a subhuman creature called Alice the Goon in a popular cartoon series by E. C. Segar

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bandwidth

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• “the energy or mental capacity required to deal with a situation”

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lumber

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• North American lumber (timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise roughly prepared for the market) < lumber (disused articles of furniture and the like), probably < lumber (to move in a clumsy) or associated with lumber (a house or room)

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pop-hole

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scullery

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• Old French esculier (maker or seller of dishes) < Latin scutella (salver)

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stout

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hoof

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• plural hoofs, sometimes hooves
• Old English hóf