Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Genuinely and thoroughly pure.
- adjective Superficially or hypocritically virtuous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Genuine; authentic; true.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.”
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- adjective UK
Absolutely pure .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They are to scurry around and among us, invisible in their service whites or whatever, and be grateful for whatever pittance our exalted public officialdom (surely the most sterling and simon-pure golden platonic souls the world has ever seen) deems “affordable” to the public purse.
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Everett Collection 'House of Cards' 'House of Cards' (1990) Yes, it's English, and no, corruption in English politics has absolutely nothing to do with the simon-pure nature of our process.
Some Candidates for Election-Week Viewing Joe Morgenstern 2010
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And I think some of the Tea Party elements are, in fact, you know, quite simon-pure, and John Boehner is not that.
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And I think some of the Tea Party elements are, in fact, you know, quite simon-pure, and John Boehner is not that.
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Therein, one Jack Lennon, clubman and bon vivant, tells a friend identified only as Golden Youth, "The world, dear chap, is the only original and simon-pure synonym for hell."
“The way of a man with a maid may be too wonderful to know. . .” 2008
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( "Don't be naive," Marty tells Miller at one juncture, even though Miller is preposterously prescient, while a simon-pure operative from Central Intelligence is a case study in naiveté.)
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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( "Don't be naive," Marty tells Miller at one juncture, even though Miller is preposterously prescient, while a simon-pure operative from Central Intelligence is a case study in naiveté.)
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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( "Don't be naive," Marty tells Miller at one juncture, even though Miller is preposterously prescient, while a simon-pure operative from Central Intelligence is a case study in naiveté.)
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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It would only follow then that Native Americans were simon-pure when it came to having knowledge about national elections.
Tim Giago: It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent 2009
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I think the real problem here is that so many Minnesotans (and I speak as a native son) want to be simon-pure in their voting, and have a liking for doomed but noble candidates.
Coleman Declares Victory In Minnesota Senate Race, Recount Likely 2009
MaryW commented on the word simon-pure
"It was no use now to cry that she was not an intellectual who had not made the grade, that she was a simon-pure rube; not a soul would believe her."
Jean Stafford, "Children Are Bored on Sunday," in David Remnick, ed., Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker (New York: Random House, 2000), pp. 360-61.
October 12, 2015