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Sincerity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the valediction, see Yours Sincerely Sincerity is the virtue of one who speaks truly about his or her own feelings, thoughts, desires. Sincere expression carries risks to the speaker, since the...
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False etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A false etymology is any assumed or postulated etymology that is incorrect. Folk etymology , in its basic sense, refers to popularly held (and often false) beliefs about the origins of specific wo...
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Theories of the etymology of sincere ... According to this "folk etymology", in the time of the ancient Romans, devious dealers in marble and pottery would conceal defects in their products by filling the cracks and holes with wax.
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sincere 1530s, from M.Fr. sincere, from L. sincerus (see sincerity). ... Look up sincere at Dictionary.com ... The Online Etymology Dictionary...
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Blogs about: Etymology Of Sincere ... The word SINCERE is a derivative of the Latin sincerus. For the derivation of sincerus there are two theories, both based on words of Greek origin: A) the most probable theory is that sincerus came fr… more →...
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The other day my daughter came home with an etymology she’d learned at school. ... Sincere, she said, came from a way that people knew if a statue was a valuable antique or not.
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I was once taught some interesting history behind the word sincere, and ever since I've always liked the word. In early days, furniture makers would hide holes in their wood by filling them with wax and then varnishing over their weak additive.
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