ethe

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Pronunciation

/ˈiːθiː/

Definition of ethe

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(form-of, plural)plural of ethos

“And it is a further proof of our view, that beginners in poetry attain completeness in expression and ethe [plural of ethos], before they are capable of composing the march of incidents; almost all the earliest poets are instances of this.”
“The relation between social groups and their ethe is rational; they vary in fixed ratios.”
“[…] it makes sense to say that these speeches are representations of their ethe.”

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noun

(form-of, plural)plural of ethos

“And it is a further proof of our view, that beginners in poetry attain completeness in expression and ethe [plural of ethos], before they are capable of composing the march of incidents; almost all the earliest poets are instances of this.”
“The relation between social groups and their ethe is rational; they vary in fixed ratios.”
“[…] it makes sense to say that these speeches are representations of their ethe.”

adj

(obsolete)easy

“Hereto, the hilles bene nigher heaven, / And thence the passage ethe; / As well can proove the piercing levin, / That seldome falles beneath.”

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