est
nounadjectiveproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ɛst//
Grace; favour.
noun
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obsoleteGrace; favour.
Etymology
From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).
adjective
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Variant of establishedAbbreviation of established.
Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952
Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker
proper noun
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Variant of Erhard Seminars TrainingInitialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
Forms
- plural
- ests