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sincere

adj
/sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/UK/sɪnˈsɪɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal). Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page.

  1. derived from *sem-✻
  2. derived from sincerus
  3. borrowed from sincere

Definitions

  1. Genuine

    Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

    • I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.
    • Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.
    • My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish.

  2. Meant truly or earnestly.

    • She gave it a sincere if misguided effort.
    • The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service.

  3. clean

    clean; pure

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A male given name.

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Derived

oversincere, supersincere, unsincere

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at sincere

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

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