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in reply to a message by Anneza
The "without wax" meaning for "sincere" is a complete myth. I don't know where the myth came from - probably a clever "reverse etymology" that someone invented for fun - but its current popularity is no doubt due to its use (and presentation as a "fact") in a Dan Brown novel. It has no basis in fact.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sincere
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sincerity
~Chrisell~
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sincere
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sincerity
Proudly Australian www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
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What fun! Ain't read no Dan Brown - got half-way down the first page of the Code and fell asleep - but someone I'd always believed to be a totally reliable high-school English teacher is now revealed to have had feet, or maybe a toe, of clay; either that or she had a hitherto unsuspected sense of humour, all those years ago. Thanks!
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