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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
candor
frankness or honest expression; earlier brightness and purity
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- 14th century–today
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- exact historical form
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Latin / Indo-European
candor
brightness, radiance, whiteness; favorable disposition
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- Latin antiquity
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- exact historical form
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French / Indo-European
candeur
brightness, purity, innocence, or candor
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- French
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- gloss
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- 1
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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 2
openprobableexact word
Did English borrow candor only through French?
French candeur is a published route, while Merriam-Webster describes the English borrowing as French and Latin. Direct learned Latin influence therefore remains visible.
resolvedestablishedexact word
Was candor originally frankness?
Not exclusively. Its earliest English family includes brightness and unstained purity; straightforward honesty becomes the dominant modern sense.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 189GRADE Aexact ranked word
Candor was radiance before frankness.
Latin candor and the earliest English family name brightness, whiteness, or unstained purity before modern honest expression becomes dominant.
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