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fireside

noun

Etymology

From fire + side.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as fireside — “fire + side”

Definitions

  1. The area near a domestic fire or hearth.

  2. One's home.

  3. Home life.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      • At a Brigham Young University fireside, President Hunter said, “If you feel that … what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart[...]”
      • Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn’t normally see on Sunday[...] The day before, Thomas’s father had invited him to attend the fireside.

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