Ernest
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Ernest¹
- /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century. GWENDOLEN. […] and my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.
- A surname.
ernest²
noun
- Obsolete form of earnest.earnest
