SIMON-PURE


Meaning of SIMON-PURE in English

[si.mon-pure] adj [fr. the real Simon Pure, alluding to a character impersonated by another in the play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718) by Susannah Centlivre d. 1723 Eng. dramatist and actress] (1840): of untainted purity or integrity; also: pretentiously or hypocritically pure

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