Ernest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Proper noun 2.2 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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.

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Ernest

Plural -

Ernest

1. A male given name; popular in the 19th century.

[edit] Related terms

• pet form: Ernie
• female given name: Ernestine

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• 1895 Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest:

GWENDOLEN. --, and my ideal has always been to love someone in the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.

• 1980 P.D.James: Innocent Blood:

"What's his name, your boyfriend?"

"Ernest. Ernest Hemingway."

The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said:

"You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eenrst
• enters
• nester
• resent
• tenser

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[edit] French

[edit] Proper noun

Ernest

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eenrst
• entres, entrés
• rentes, rentés
• sterne
• ternes