sentiment English · revision 10452

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=fro sentement|origins=la-med sentimentum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English sentement, [[bor|fro|sentement]] and directly from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, feeling, affection, opinion,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin sentīre, to feel (see [[sense]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The modern spelling, from 1639, was influenced by modern French sentiment.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Personal experience, one's own feeling; physical sensation: about 1374 in the OED, about 1385 in Chaucer's ''Troilus and Criseyde'' in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The original sense was obsolete after Middle English,^(Etymonline) and intention or inclination is from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) What one feels about something, a thought, opinion or attitude, is from 1639 (the 1630s), with the modern spelling,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a wider sense, an opinion or view, from 1675.^(OED 1989) Hoad dates refined and tender feeling to the 18th century,^(Hoad 1986) and a thought coloured by emotion, especially in literature or art, is by 1709.^(Etymonline) The 17th-century sense survives in ''my sentiments exactly''.^(Etymonline) ''Sentimental'' is from 1749, ''sentimentality'' from 1770 and ''sentimentalism'' from 1817.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – one's own feeling.^(OED 1989)

+ * early 15th century – intention.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1639 – an opinion or attitude.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1709 – emotional thought in art.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1749 – sentimental.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A view, opinion or attitude, especially one based on feeling.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Tender, romantic or nostalgic feeling, sometimes excessively so.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A general mental disposition: ''public sentiment''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The emotional meaning of a passage or work.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sentimentless]]

+ * [[presentiment]]

+ * [[sentimental]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sense]]

+ * [[sentient]]

+ * [[consent]]

+ * [[scent]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Lincolnshire and Norfolk dialect, sentiment was used for sediment.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}