2022-12-08

Published: 2022-12-08

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-08.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• demur
• cast iron
• platitude
• silt
• edify
• Chautauqua
• swat
• rutter
• hinterland
• con

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demur

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• Latin dēmorārī (to delay) < de- + morārī (to delay)
• cf. moratorium

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cast iron

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platitude

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• French plat (flat) + -itude

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silt

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• PIE sal- (salt)
• cf. salt, etc.

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edify

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• edify (to instruct or improve morally or intellectually) < edify (to build) French édifier < Latin aedificāre < aedis (dwelling) + -ficāre (to make)

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Chautauqua

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• the home of the Chautauqua movement was the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua in the south-western part of the state of New York

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swat

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• U.S. /swɑt/
• northern dialect and U.S. variant of squat (to crush)

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rutter

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• “a set of instructions for finding a course at sea or, rarely, on land”
• Middle French routier < route (route)
• cf. route

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hinterland

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• German hinterland < hinter- (behind) + land (land)
• cf. hind, behind, hindsight, etc.

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con

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• con (to persuade, to swindle) < confidence