Earnest

Morpheme

Earnest

Type

free base

Denotation

serious, grave

Etymology

Middle English ernest, eornest; Old English eornest, eornost, eornoste

Evidence

earnest, earnested, earnester, earnestest, earnestful, earnesting, earnestly, earnestness, earnests, overearnest, unearnest

Homographs

Earnest