earnestness

noun
/ˈɝnɪstnəs/US/ˈɜːnɪstnəs/UK

Etymology

From earnest + -ness.

  1. inherited from eornoste
  2. inherited from eornest
  3. derived from *er-
  4. derived from *arniz
  5. inherited from *ernustuz
  6. inherited from eornest
  7. inherited from ernest
  8. suffixed as earnestness — “earnest + ness

Definitions

  1. The quality of being earnest

    The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at earnestness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at earnestness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at earnestness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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