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Olivʹia

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Niece of Sir Toby Belch. Malvoʹlio is her steward, Maria her woman, Fabian and a clown her male servants. (Shakespeare: Twelfth Night.)

Olivia. A female Tartuffe (q.v.) in Wycherley’s Plain Dealer. A consummate hypocrite, of most unblushing effrontery.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Olibrius (An)
Olifaunt
Oligarchy [olly-gar-ky]
Olindo
Olio or Oglio
Olive
Olive Branches
Oliver
Oliver or Olivier
Olivetans
Olivia
Olla Podrida
Ollapod
Olympia (in Orlando Furioso)
Olympiad
Olympian Jove
Olympic Games
Olympus
OLynn (Brian)
Om
Oman’s Sea