Ident Definition
(Now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Diligent; persistent.
(television) A brief audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.
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Origin of Ident
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From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand.
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Shortened form of identification
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