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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
earnest1 /ˈəːnɪst/

▶adjective sincere and very serious.

– phrases
in earnest to a greater extent or more intensely than before.

■ sincere and serious in intention.

– derivatives
earnestly adverb,
earnestness noun.

– origin OE eornoste (adj.), eornost (n.), of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
earnest2 /ˈəːnɪst/

▶noun a sign or promise of what is to come.

– origin ME ernes, lit. ‘instalment paid to confirm a contract’, based on OFr. erres, from L. arra, shortened form of arrabo ‘a pledge’.

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