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Earnestness
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Meaning
Noun
●
The quality of being
earnest
;
sincerity
; seriousness.
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Origin
earnestness
English
-ness
English
earnest
English
eornest
Middle English (1100-1500)
eornoste
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
ernest
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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