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simon-pure
si·mon-pure S0416600 (sī′mən-pyo͝or′)adj.1. Genuinely and thoroughly pure.2. Superficially or hypocritically virtuous.
[From the phrase the real Simon Pure, after Simon Pure, a character in the play A Bold Stroke for a Wife by Susannah Centlivre (1669-1723).]simon-pure adj real; genuine; authentic [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]si′mon-pure′ (ˈsaɪ mən)
adj. 1. real; genuine. 2. untainted; pure. [1795–1805; short for the real Simon Pure, alluding to the victim of impersonation in S. Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)] simon-pure
simon-pureAbsolutely genuine or authentic; pure or untainted. A reference to the character Simon Pure in Susannah Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife. The new leader is promising to bring simon-pure democratic principles back into the political discourse.simon pureAbsolutely 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." See also: pure, simonsimon pureThe real thing, the genuine article. This expression comes from the name of a character in an early eighteenth-century play, Susannah Centilivre’s A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1710). In it, Simon Pure, a Quaker, is the victim of an impersonation by Colonel Feignwell. However, the Quaker turns up in time and proves that he is “the real Simon Pure” (5:1).See also: pure, simon |