2023-01-08

Published: 2023-01-08

Words that I added to Anki on 2023-01-08.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• inseam
• nemesis
• burlesque
• curmudgeon
• profligate
• inimical
• effete
• chutzpah
• chintz
• ataxia

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inseam

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nemesis

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• Ancient Greek νέμεσις (retribution) < νέμειν (to give what is due)
• cf. archaic nim (to take) (and nim (a game’s name))

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burlesque

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• French burlesque, < Italian burlesco < burla (ridicule)

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curmudgeon

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profligate

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• Latin prōflīgāre (to defeat) < flīgere (to strike down)
• cf. conflict, afflict, etc.

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inimical

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• Latin inimīcus (unfriendly) < in- + amīcus (friend)
• cf. enemy (< inimīcus), amicable, amigo, amicus, etc.

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effete

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• Latin effētus (that has brought forth young, hence worn out by bearing) < ex- (out) + fētus (breeding)
• cf. fetus

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chutzpah

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• Yiddish khutspe (impertinence)

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chintz

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• Originally chints, plural of chint < Hindi chīnt (chintz)

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ataxia

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• Greek ἀταξία, < ἀ (alpha privative) + τάξις (arrangement)