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earnestness

English

Etymology

earnest +? -ness

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n?stn?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n?stn?s/
  • Hyphenation: ear?nest?ness

Noun

earnestness (countable and uncountable, plural earnestnesses)

  1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
      She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

Translations

Anagrams

  • easternness

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grimness

English

Etymology

From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (severity, fierceness, cruelty), equivalent to grim +? -ness.

Noun

grimness (usually uncountable, plural grimnesses)

  1. The characteristic or quality of being grim.

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