2022-12-30

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-12-30.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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querulous

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  • Latin querulus (full of complaints) < querī (to complain)
  • cf. quarrel, quarrelous

villainy

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  • Anglo-Norman vilanie
  • cf. villain

bumptious

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stalwart

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  • obsolete stalworth (strongly built, brave) < Old English stǽlwierðe < stǽl (place) + wierðe (worth), the former of which is related to Old English staðol (foundation), whence English staddle

entrepot

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  • French entrepôt (temporary deposit of goods)
  • cf. depot

commissionaire

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wondrous

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  • alteration of obsolete adjective wonders (wondrous) by substitution of suffix -ous, after marvellous, which is genitive of noun wonder

earthly

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  • cf. heavenly, worldly

person

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  • “the body or physical appearance of a human being”

in statu quo

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  • Latin in (in) + statū, ablative of status (status) + quō, ablative of quī (which)
  • cf. status quo