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sincere
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English
Etymology
From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal).
Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɪnˈsɪɹ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
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.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 19:
- Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.
- 1967 June, Drake Maynard, If, volume 17, number 6, page 160:
- My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish.
- 2003, “The Outsider”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
- If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere
Do it somewhere far away from here
- Meant truly or earnestly.
- She gave it a sincere if misguided effort.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 161:
- The message that through sincere teshuvah and resolution, light and gladness can be achieved by all, is most fitting for the opening of the Yom Kippur service.
- (archaic) clean; pure
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Translations
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Further reading
- “sincere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sincere”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “sincere”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- sincere in Britannica Dictionary
- sincere in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
- sincere in Ozdic collocation dictionary
- sincere in WordReference English Collocations
Anagrams
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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
sincere
Antonyms
- malsincere (“insincerely”)
Italian
Adjective
sincere f pl
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
sincērē (not comparable)
Etymology 2
Adjective
sincēre
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
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