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si⋅mon-pure

  [sahy-muhn-pyoor]
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–adjective
real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
Origin:
1710–20; short for the real Simon Pure, alluding to the victim of impersonation in Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)
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simon-pure  (adj.)
1815, from the true Simon Pure "the genuine person or thing" (1795), from Simon Pure, name of a Quaker who is impersonated by another character (Colonel Feignwell) in part of the comedy "A Bold Stroke for a Wife" (1717) by Susannah Centlivre, English dramatist and actress. The real Simon Pure is dealt with as an imposter and is believed only after he has proved his identity.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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