different between sermon vs sercon

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Alternative forms

• sarmon (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?n

Noun

sermon (plural sermons)

1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
2. A lengthy speech of reproval.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sermonen, from Old French sermoner, from sermon (see above).

Verb

sermon (third-person singular simple present sermons, present participle sermoning, simple past and past participle sermoned)

2. (poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
   • January 23 1583, Edmund Spenser, letter to Walter Raleigh

     To some I know this methode will seem displeasaunt, which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large, as they use, then thus clowdily enwrapped in allegorical devises

3. (poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, II. ii. 177:

     Come, sermon me no further.

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• Menors, Merson, merons, moners, mornes, somner

French

Etymology

From Old French sermon, from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.m??/

Noun

sermon m (plural sermons)

1. sermon (religious speech)
2. sermon (lengthy reproval)

Further reading

• “sermon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mornes, normes

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman sermun.

Noun

sermon

1. Alternative form of sermoun

Etymology 2

From Old French sermoner.

Verb

sermon

1. Alternative form of sermonen

Old French

Alternative forms

• sermoun (Anglo-Norman)
• sermun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Noun

sermon m (oblique plural sermons, nominative singular sermons, nominative plural sermon)

1. sermon (religious)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: sermun
  • ? Middle English: sermoun, sermon, sermun, sarmoun, sarmoune, sermown, sermond, sermone
    • English: sermon, sarmon
    • Scots: sermon
• Bourguignon: sarmon
• French: sermon
• Walloon: siermon

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sermon, supplement)
• sermun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

Clipping of serious and constructive.

Noun

sercon (plural sercons)

1. (dated, fandom slang) A sercon fan; a fan interested in intellectual, rather than fannish, matters.
2. (dated, fandom slang) A sercon activity; a serious and scholarly activity.
   • He's somewhat gafiated from 'Fusion, because he wants to start a sercon in Detroit (and because of his new S.O.) but he still goes to parties & cons.

Adjective

sercon (comparative more sercon, superlative most sercon)

1. (dated, fandom slang) Having a serious intellectual approach to science fiction; literary; scholarly; studious.
2. (dated, fandom slang, derogatory) Taking science fiction too seriously; boring; pompous; self-important.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “sercon”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, pages 181–182

Anagrams

• Cerons, Cosner, Crones, Oncers, censor, crones, crosne, necros, oncers, recons, scorne