2022-12-12

Published: 2022-12-12

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

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• drive at
• retinue
• thy
• thee
• deed
• scoundrel
• gander
• deadly nightshade
• forsake
• cheque

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drive at

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retinue

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• Middle French retenue (fact of keeping someone near oneself), use as noun of feminine of past participle of retenir
• cf. retain

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thy

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• variant of thine with loss of final -n
• thine is now used only before a vowel or h
• cf. my and mine

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thee

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deed

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• “a legal document that is an official record of an agreement or official proof that someone owns land or a building”

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scoundrel

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gander

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deadly nightshade

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• so called probably with allusion to the poisonous or narcotic properties of the berries

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forsake

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• Past tense forsook, Past participle forsaken
• Old English forsacan < for- (prefixed to verbs and giving the additional sense of “away”) + sacan (to contend, dispute, deny)

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cheque

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• U.K. spelling of check