alec

¹

[al-ik]

noun

Obsolete.

1. a herring.

2. a sauce or relish made from small herring or anchovies.

alec

²

[al-ik]

noun

Australian.

1. a simpleton or fool.

Alec

³

Or Al·eck

[al-ik]

noun

1. a first name, form of Alexander.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alec¹

1510–20; < Latin ( h ) al ( l ) ec fish sauce

Origin of alec²

1920–25; smart aleck ( def. ); sense shift perhaps originally from ironic usage

Example Sentences

Sasaki terminó lanzando tres, comenzando con una octava entrada en la que retiró a Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper y Alec Bohm en orden.

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Sasaki ended up pitching three, starting with an eighth inning in which he retired Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm in order.

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At a rally three years ago, the president remarked, “I haven’t seen the new guy, but I hear he’s better than Alec Baldwin—anybody would be.”

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Alec Bohm did the same on an inside sinker, sending a ground ball up the middle.

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Then the Phillies’ piled on, a Harper single, an Alec Bohm single that scored Harper on a bad throw from center fielder Andy Pages, then a run-scoring fly ball from Brandon Marsh.

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