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sincere
English
Etymology
From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sin- + *?er- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal.
Unrelated to sine (“without”) cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia discussion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n?s??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adjective
sincere (comparative more sincere or sincerer, superlative most sincere or sincerest)
- Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
- I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.
- Meant truly or earnestly.
- She gave it a sincere, if misguided effort.
- (archaic) clean; pure
Synonyms
- earnest
Antonyms
- insincere
Related terms
- cereal
- Ceres
- crescent
- sincerity
- sincereness
Translations
Further reading
- sincere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sincere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- cereins, ceresin, cerines, renices
Esperanto
Etymology
sincera +? -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sin?t?sere/
- Hyphenation: sin?ce?re
- Rhymes: -ere
Adverb
sincere
- sincerely
Antonyms
- malsincere (“insincerely”)
Italian
Adjective
sincere f pl
- feminine plural of sincero
Anagrams
- censire, crisene, recensì, recinse, scernei, secerni
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
sinc?r? (not comparable)
- uprightly, honestly, frankly, sincerely
- 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109
- Di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit // atque id sincere dicat ex animo
- 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109
Etymology 2
Adjective
sinc?re
- vocative masculine singular of sinc?rus
References
- sincere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sincere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle French
Etymology
First attested in 1441, borrowed from Latin sinc?rus.
Adjective
sincere m or f (plural sinceres)
- sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)
Descendants
- ? English: sincere
- French: sincère
References
Spanish
Verb
sincere
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
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unwise
English
Etymology
From Middle English unwis, from Old English unw?s (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- +? wise. Cognate with Dutch onwijs (“unwise”), German unweise (“unwise”), Danish uvis (“unwise”), Swedish ovis (“unwise”), Icelandic óvís (“unwise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?wa?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Adjective
unwise (comparative unwiser, superlative unwisest)
- Not wise; lacking wisdom
- Synonyms: injudicious, indiscreet, foolish
Antonyms
- wise
Derived terms
- unwiseness
Translations
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