Earnestname

• 1

  A male given name from the Germanic languages, of occasional usage, variant of Ernest.

earnestnoun詞源 1/ˈɝ.nɪst/

• 1

  Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.

  • Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest.
  • That high All-Seer which I dallied with / Hath turn'd my feigned prayer on my head / And given in earnest what I begg'd in jest.
• 2

  Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

earnestverb詞源 1/ˈɝ.nɪst/

• 1

  To be serious with; use in earnest.

  • Let's prove among ourselves our armes in jest, That when we come to earnest them with men, We may them better use.

earnestadj詞源 1/ˈɝ.nɪst/

• 1

  Serious, sincere, ingenuous.

• 2

  Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.

  • earnest prayers
• 3

  Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

  • earnest attention
• 4

  Possessing or characterised by seriousness.

  • an earnest disposition
• 5

  Strenuous; diligent.

  • earnest efforts
• 6

  Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

earnestnoun詞源 2/ˈɝ.nɪst/

• 1

  A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

  • Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  • As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• earn