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|gaunt | |gaunt | ||
| | |adj. lean, haggard | ||
| | |possibley from Old Norse (viking) ''gand'' for "a thin stick" | ||
| | |so a gaunt man could mean "a tall thin man who is bent over" | ||
"gand" makes it connected to "gander" which means "a male goose" due to its long neck; and the verb "to gander" for to take a long look at something | |||
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|ladle | |ladle | ||
| | |n. utensil to serve liquids | ||
| | |from Old English ''hladan'' for "to load; to draw up water" | ||
| | |from related to "handle" | ||
also related to verb "lade" for "to load, to heap" or "to draw water"; from PIE '''*klā-''' "to spread out flat" | |||
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|hamper | |hamper | ||
| | |v. to impede, imprison, or confine | ||
| | n. large basket (used to confine or hold something) | ||
| | |from Old/Middle English ''hampren'' | ||
|possibly connected to Middle English ''hamelian'' for "to maim" | |||
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|hinder | |hinder | ||
| | |v. to harm, injure, repress or "stop from happening" | ||
| | |Old English ''hindrian'' ("back, behind") and ''hindan'' ("from behind) | ||
| | |related to adj. ''hind'' for "rear, back, posterior" | ||
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|incredulous | |incredulous | ||
| | |adj. not believing, unbelieving | ||
| | |in- (not) + ''credo'' (belief) | ||
| | -ous makes an adj. | ||
|"credo" comes from PIE '''*kerd-''' for heart (accord, cardio, cordial, courage, credence, credible, credit; credo; credulous; creed; discord; grant; heart; miscreant; myocarditus; record; | |||
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|stout | |stout | ||
|adj. strong, valient, proud | |||
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| | |from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud" | ||
from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order" | |||
n: apostle; epistle; forestall; install; installment; pedestal; peristalsis; peristaltic; stale stalk; stall (noun); stall (verb); stallion; stele; stell; still; stilt; stole; stout; stultify | |||
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|svelte | |svelte | ||
| | |adj. thin, slender | ||
| | |French "svelte" | ||
| | |from Latin ''exvellere'' for "out" + "plucked" as in :pulled out, stretched" | ||
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