2022-12-10
Published: 2022-12-10Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-10.
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portcullis
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- Old French, Middle French porte (port) + colëice, feminine of colëis (sliding) < couler (to flow)
- cf. port, coulisse, obsolete cool (to flow)
tappet
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- probably tap + -et (the use of this suffix -et is abnormal)
stopcock
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shoulder
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- “the edge of a road”
- cf. Japanese 路肩
carburetor
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- U.S. /ˈkɑrbəˌreɪdər/
- < carburet (to combine with carbon) < carb- (in carbon) + -uret (forming names of simple compounds of an element with another element or a radical)
- cf. biuret, etc.
cirrus
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- Latin cirrus (curl, fringe, etc.)
squall
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- squall (to scream loudly) < imitative
- cf. squeal
thunderhead
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beatnik
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- beat- (in beat generation < obsolete beat (beaten) or beat (a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry), or beatitude (supreme blessedness)) + -nik (< Yiddish -nik and its etymon Russian -nik, suffix forming nouns usually denoting a member of a class or group)