s 1 i 1 n 1 c 3 e 1 r 1 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
adjective characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
originFrom Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal). Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- censer 8
- cerise 8
- nieces 8
- screen 8
- scrine 8
- secern 8
- cense 7
- ceres 7
- cerne 7
- cines 7
- cires 7
- crees 7