See simon-pure on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "From the phrase \"the real Simon Pure\" (the true person or article), from the character Simon Pure (who is impersonated by another, and obliged to prove his identity) in Susanna Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "simon-pure (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 124:", "text": "‘Art says the Prince Consort's bloodline is dreadfully polluted, while Ruthven's is simon-pure.’", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Absolutely pure; genuine, authentic." ], "id": "en-simon-pure-en-adj-XnK7IkjB", "links": [ [ "Absolutely", "absolutely" ], [ "pure", "pure" ], [ "genuine", "genuine" ], [ "authentic", "authentic" ] ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] } ], "word": "simon-pure" }
{ "etymology_text": "From the phrase \"the real Simon Pure\" (the true person or article), from the character Simon Pure (who is impersonated by another, and obliged to prove his identity) in Susanna Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "simon-pure (not comparable)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English eponyms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English terms with quotations", "English uncomparable adjectives", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 124:", "text": "‘Art says the Prince Consort's bloodline is dreadfully polluted, while Ruthven's is simon-pure.’", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Absolutely pure; genuine, authentic." ], "links": [ [ "Absolutely", "absolutely" ], [ "pure", "pure" ], [ "genuine", "genuine" ], [ "authentic", "authentic" ] ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] } ], "word": "simon-pure" }
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