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earnesty

noun

Etymology

Attested since at least the 1500s, from earnest + -y. Modern uses may be modelled on honest→honesty.

  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. formed as earnesty — “earnest + -y”

Definitions

  1. Earnestness.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA