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simon-pure /sʌɪmənˈpjʊə /adjectiveCompletely genuine, authentic, or honest: they were not so simon-pure as the image they presented to the public...- He is presented as a simon-pure free trader whose ‘scrupulousness continued to the end.’
- Or are people like that simply not simon-pure enough for him to want them in his antiwar movement?
- They've made a lot of noise, told each other how radically simon-pure they are, and accomplished nothing.
Origin Late 18th century: from (the real) Simon Pure, a character in Centlivre's Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who for part of the play is impersonated by another character. Rhymes abjure, adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, inure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're |