SIMON-PURE


Meaning of SIMON-PURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsī-mən-ˈpyu̇r ]

adjective

Etymology: from the real Simon Pure, alluding to a character impersonated by another in the play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718) by Susannah Centlivre

Date: 1840

: of untainted purity or integrity ; also : pretentiously or hypocritically pure

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