IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE


Meaning of IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE in English

Imˌportance of Being ˈEarnest, The BrE AmE

(1895) a play by Oscar ↑ Wilde in which a man pretends that his name is Ernest because he thinks this will give him an advantage with a woman he admires ⇨ ↑ Bracknell, Lady

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