See Also: misericord(dictionary)
Earnest(medicine)
earnest(dictionary)
earnest(2)(dictionary)
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EARNEST INV(finance)
Earnest money(finance)
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Importance of Being Earnest, The(dictionary)
earnest 1, adjective(dictionary)

earnest 2, noun (oh) and misericord (iou)


earnest 2, noun (oh)



2 n
in earnest
if something starts happening in earnest, it begins properly - used when it was happening in a small or informal way before
::On Monday your Training begins in earnest !
be in earnest
to really mean what you are saying, especially when expressing an intention or wish
::She wasn't sure whether he was in earnest or not.
be in dead/deadly/complete earnest
::Although he smiled, Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest.

misericord (iou)



misericord noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French misericorde from Latin misericordia, from misericors pitiful, from miser, stem of misereri (see MISERERE) + cord-, cor heart.]
Compassion, pity, mercy. Also as interjection. arch. ME.
A dagger for dealing a death stroke. ME.
Hist. An apartment in a monastery in which certain relaxations of the rule were permitted. LME.
A shelving projection on the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall, which, when turned up, gives support to someone standing. E16.