2022-12-05

Published: 2022-12-05

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-05.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• cerebration
• toady
• champ
• spansule
• enervate
• stethoscope
• cumbersome
• depress
• drizzle
• drip-dry

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cerebration

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• Latin cerebrum (brain) + -ation

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toady

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• < toad-eater (one who eats toads, the attendant of a charlatan, employed to eat toads to enable his master to exhibit his skill in expelling poison)

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champ

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• cf. champ at the bit

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spansule

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• span + -sule (in capsule)

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enervate

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• Latin ēnervāre (to extract the sinews of) < nervus (nerve, sinew) < PIE *(s)neəu- (sinew)

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stethoscope

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• Greek στῆθος (chest) + σκοπεῖν (to look at)

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cumbersome

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• cumber (to hamper) + -some

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depress

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• “to press down”

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drizzle

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• possibly diminutive and frequentative of Middle English drese (to fall) < PIE *dhreu- (to fall, drip)
• cf. drop, drip, drizzle, droop, drowse, etc.

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drip-dry

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