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View synonyms for simon-pure
simon-pure
[ sahy-muhn-pyoor ]
adjective
- real; genuine:
a simon-pure accent.
simon-pure
adjective
- real; genuine; authentic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simon-pure1
1710–20; short for the real Simon Pure, alluding to the victim of impersonation in Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simon-pure1
C19: from the phrase the real Simon Pure, name of a character in the play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717) by Susannah Centlivre (1669–1723) who is impersonated by another character in some scenes
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Idioms and Phrases
Absolutely genuine, quite authentic, as in That laboratory test was simon pure; none of the specimens was adulterated . This expression comes from the name of a character in a play, Susannah Centilivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who is the victim of an impersonation but turns up in the end and proves that he is “the real Simon Pure.”Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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