simon-pure

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Absolutely pure; genuine, authentic. not-comparable
    — ‘Art says the Prince Consort's bloodline is dreadfully polluted, while Ruthven's is simon-pure.’

词源

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.
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