Word: 'keen' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'keen' • Extended Annotations
circa 1200, kene, "bold, brave, fearless"
from Old English cene
in later Old English "clever, prudent, wise, intelligent"
circa 1300, additional sense of "eager, vehement, ardent"
cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise"
Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong"
(German kühn "bold, daring")
"It is the wisdom, the intelligence, and the acumen of the reader which allows the distinguishing and the sensing with what kind of story they engage. The keenness of your acumen decides everything."
"Weird Genius"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
