2022-12-29

Published: 2022-12-29

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-29.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• necromancer
• Niagara
• puerile
• callosity
• manteau
• twaddle
• chimerical
• orchid
• genius loci
• cavalier

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necromancer

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• Greek νεκρομαντεία (the art of predicting the future by supposed communication with the dead) < Ancient Greek νεκρο- + μαντεία (divination)

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Niagara

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puerile

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• Latin puerīlis (childish) < puer (child) < PIE *pau- (few)
• cf. puerperal
• cf. pediatrics

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callosity

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• Latin callōsitās (hardening of the skin) < callōsus + -tās
• cf. callus

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manteau

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• cf. portmanteau, mantle

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twaddle

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• perhaps an alteration of the earlier and now dialect twattle (idle talk) < perhaps an alteration of tattle (idle talk), which is ultimately probably of onomatopoeic origin
• cf. tittle (to spread gossip), twittle-twattle, tittle-tattle, etc.

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chimerical

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• < chimeric (chimerical) < chimera < Latin chimaera < Greek χίμαιρα (she-goat or monster)

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orchid

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• Latin (English) orchis (any of various kinds of orchid) < Ancient Greek ὄρχις (testicle), because of its shape

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genius loci

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• Latin genius locī (guardian spirit or god associated with a place) < locī, genitive of locus (place)
• plural genii loci

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cavalier

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• Latin caballārius (horseman)
• cf. chevalier, chivalrous