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English Idioms :: earnest
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earnestnes.html - See: IN EARNEST. |
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Traditional English :: earnest(1)
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earnestnes.html - adj. & n. --adj. ardently or intensely serious; zealous; not trifling or joking. --n. in (or in real) earnest serious(ly), not joking(ly); with determination. earnestly adv. earnestness n. [OE eornust, eornost (with Gmc cognates): cf. ON ern vigorous] |
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Traditional English :: earnest(2)
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earnestnes.html - n. 1 money paid as an instalment, esp. to confirm a contract etc. 2 a token or foretaste (in earnest of what is to come). [ME ernes, prob. var. of erles, arles prob. f. med.L arrhula (unrecorded) f. arr(h)a pledge] |
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English Idioms :: earnest
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earnestnes.html - See: IN EARNEST. |
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Traditional English :: earner
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earnestnes.html - n.
1 a person or thing that earns (often in comb.: wage-earner).
2 sl. a lucrative job or enterprise. |
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Traditional English :: earnest(1)
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earnestnes.html - adj. & n. --adj. ardently or intensely serious; zealous; not trifling or joking. --n. in (or in real) earnest serious(ly), not joking(ly); with determination. earnestly adv. earnestness n. [OE eornust, eornost (with Gmc cognates): cf. ON ern vigorous] |
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