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earnest

/ˈɜːnɪst/UR-nist
/ˈɝnɪst/UR-nist

Meaningseriousness

Common meaning: sincere and serious

Journey through time

  1. Old Englisheornost‘seriousness’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishernest‘seriousness’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsseriousness → sincere and seriousearnest‘sincere and serious’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English eornost ‘seriousness’.

Roots

  • eornost Old English “seriousness”

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