2023-01-03

Published: 2023-01-03

Words that I added to Anki on 2023-01-03.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• bespoke
• depravity
• strangulate
• dunderhead
• allay
• crone
• steward
• at sea
• ulster
• dog

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bespoke

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• bespeak (to order, to arrange for) < obsolete bespeak (speak about) < be- (prefix making verbs transitive, by adding a prepositional relation: primarily “about”) + speak (cf. bemoan, bewail, etc.)

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depravity

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• an extension of archaic pravity (depravity) < Latin prāvitās (crookedness) < prāvus (crooked)
• cf. obsolete prave (currupt)

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strangulate

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• cf. strangle

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dunderhead

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• perhaps an alteration of dunderwhelp (probably < Dutch donder- (pejorative intensifier), extended use of donder (thunder), which is cognate with English thunder), after blockhead (a foolish person)

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allay

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crone

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steward

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• Old English stíweard, stigweard < stig of uncertain meaning + weard (a keeper)
• cf. obsolete ward (a keeper)

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at sea

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ulster

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dog

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• “to follow like a dog”