conscientieux
Middle French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus, from cōnscientia (“knowledge, consciousness”).[1]
Adjective
conscientieux m (feminine singular conscientieuse, masculine plural conscientieux, feminine plural conscientieuses)
- conscientious
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, “De l’Amitié”, in Essais:
- Je ne fay nul doubte qu'il ne creust ce qu'il escrivoit, car il estoit assez conscientieux pour ne mentir pas mesmes en se jouant.
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Descendants
- English: conscientious (borrowed)[1]
- French: consciencieux
References
- “conscientious”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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