sincere

Meaning

  1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
  2. Meant truly or earnestly.
  3. clean; pure

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- + *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal. Unrelated to sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia page.

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