2022-12-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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semper fidelis

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  • Latin semper (always) + fidēlis (faithful)
  • cf. semper-green (an evergreen), sempervivum (the houseleek) (< Latin sempervīvus (ever-living))
  • cf. infidel, obsolete fidele (faithful)

roll

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quonset

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  • Quonset Point, a peninsula and former U.S. Navy base in Rhode Island, where the type of building was first made in 1941

sheriff

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  • Old English scírgeréfa, < scír (shire, an administrative district) + geréfa (reeve, the chief magistrate of a town or district)

bracing

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fisheye

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grouch

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  • variant of obsolete grutch (complaint)
  • cf. grudge

spatter

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  • a frequentative of the stem found in Dutch and Low German spatten (to burst, spout)

feeler

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Brillo

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  • probably < brill- in brilliant