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adept

Pronunciation: /ˈa.dɛpt/

“adept” is a Polish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. apprentice, trainee; novice (person training in a given field or new in a given field)
  2. adept (person with secret information)
  3. alchemist

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adeptus. Noun sense 1 and noun sense 2 are semantic loans from German Adept and French adepte. First attested in the 18th century.

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