alec

[al-ik]

al·ec

1[al-ik]
noun Obsolete.
1.
2.
a sauce or relish made from small herring or anchovies.

Origin:
1510–20; < Latin (h)al(l)ec fish sauce

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Alec is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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al·ec

2[al-ik]
noun Australian.
a simpleton or fool.

Origin:
1920–25; compare smart-aleck; sense shift perhaps orig. from ironic usage

Al·ec

[al-ik]
noun
a male given name, form of Alexander.
Also, Al·eck.
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