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語源

From the phrase "the real Simon Pure" (the true person または article), from the character Simon Pure (who is impersonated by another, かつ obliged to prove his identity) in Susanna Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife.

形容詞

simon-pure (not comparable)

1. Absolutely pure; genuine, authentic.
   • 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books 2011, p. 124:

     ‘Art says the Prince Consort's bloodline is dreadfully polluted, while Ruthven's is simon-pure.’

参照

• ON LANGUAGE; Taint So, William Safire, New York Times, 1984.

アナグラム

• neo-purism, unpromise