2022-12-24

Published: 2022-12-24

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-24.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• katydid
• satyr
• zephyr
• myrrh
• myrmidon
• diametrically
• anchovy
• gee whiz
• numbskull
• whittle

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katydid

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• imitative of its sound

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satyr

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zephyr

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• Latin Zephyrus (west wind)

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myrrh

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• Latin murra, murrha, myrrha (an aromatic gum)

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myrmidon

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diametrically

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• diametric (of opposition, of the nature of a diameter) < Geek διά (through, across) + μέτρον (measure)

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anchovy

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• Spanish anchova

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gee whiz

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• probably an alteration of either gee willikers (expressing surprise) (< an alteration of Jerusalem (expressing surprise), from the name of a city) or Jesus

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numbskull

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• also numskull

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whittle

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• whittle (to cut thin slices or shavings from the surface of) < whittel (a knife), a variant of thwittle (a knife) < obsolete thwite (to whittle) < Old English þwítan (to cut)