- adjectiveearnest (adjective)
- resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction:"an earnest student" · "two girls were in earnest conversation"
OriginOld English eornoste (adjective), eornost (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Ernst (noun).nounearnest (noun) · earnests (plural noun)- a thing intended or regarded as a sign or promise of what is to come:"the presence of the troops is an earnest of the world's desire not to see the conflict repeated elsewhere"
OriginMiddle English ernes, literally ‘installment paid to confirm a contract’, based on Old French erres, from Latin arra, shortened form of arrabo ‘a pledge’. The spelling was influenced by words ending in -ness; the final -t is probably by association with earnest.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjectivenoun- a thing intended or regarded as a sign or promise of what is to come:
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