2023-01-06

Published: 2023-01-06

Words that I added to Anki on 2023-01-06.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• jaunty
• dumfounder
• avail
• presentiment
• mews
• sill
• terrier
• lap
• outré
• staghound

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jaunty

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• anglicized phonetic representations of French gentil (gentle)
• NOT related to jaunt

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dumfounder

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• also dumbfounder

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avail

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• probably a- + obsolete vail (to be of use) < French valoir (to be worth) < Latin valēre (to be strong, to be worth)
• cf. convalescent, countervail, valedictorian, equivalent, valiant, etc.

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presentiment

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• pre- + sentiment < Latin sentīre (to feel)

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mews

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• plural mews
• < plural of mew (a cage or other quarters for hawks)

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sill

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terrier

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• Latin terrarius (earthly), and the dog is so called on account of its use in hunting to start badgers and other quarry from their earth or burrow

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lap

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outré

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• French outré < past participle of outrer (to go beyond limits)
• cf. outrage

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staghound

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• stag + hound
• cf. deerhound, foxhound, etc.