2022-12-23

Published: 2022-12-23

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-23.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• egret
• estuary
• backwater
• quay
• colored
• pothole
• shrapnel
• femur
• cur
• motley

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egret

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• French aigrette (lesser white heron)

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estuary

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• Latin aestuārium (tidal) < aestus (heat, boiling, bubbling, tide)
• cf. estivate

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backwater

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quay

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colored

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pothole

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• probably pot (a deep hole) + hole

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shrapnel

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• the name of Major Henry Shrapnel, British army officer, who invented the shell in the 1790s

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femur

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• Latin femur (thigh)

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cur

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motley

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• perhaps related to medley