Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Earnest

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Earnest: adjective – with serious intent, nottrifling, ardent, intense, zealous; as a result of or a display of sincereconviction; weighty or important.
'Colin was so earnest inhis pursuit of philately that one would think his life depended on his searchfor new stamps.'

24 September 1936 JimHenson, the creator of the Muppets, was born – and one of his characters was,of course, called 'Earnie', a diminutive of 'Earnest'.