2022-12-20

Published: 2022-12-20

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-20.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• solute
• predispose
• gully
• gawd
• insoluble
• attire
• ratcatcher
• depute
• incumbent
• witticism

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solute

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predispose

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• pre- + dispose, after Latin predisponere (to arrange beforehand)

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gully

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• probably an alteration of gullet < Latin gula (throat)

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gawd

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insoluble

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attire

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• Old French à tire (into row or order)
• cf. tier
• cf. aphetic and archaic tire

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ratcatcher

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• “informal or unconventional hunting dress”

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depute

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• Latin dēputāre (to consider as) < de- (denoting the sense “away from oneself” (cf. delegate)) + putāre (to think)
• cf. dispute, putative, compute, reputation, obsolete putation (the action of considering), etc.

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incumbent

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• Latin incumbĕre (to lie upon) < in- + cumbĕre (to lie)

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witticism

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• coined by English poet John Dryden