alec1
[al-ik]
- a herring.
- a sauce or relish made from small herring or anchovies.
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Origin of alec1
1510–20; < Latin (h)al(l)ec fish sauce
alec2
[al-ik]
- a simpleton or fool.
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Origin of alec2
1920–25; cf. smart aleck; sense shift perhaps originally from ironic usage
Alec
or Al·eck
[al-ik]
- a male given name, form of Alexander.
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Examples from the Web for alec
Contemporary Examples
After signing on to the film, Moore enlisted the services of her 30 Rock costar Alec Baldwin to play her caring husband.
It would be inaccurate though to call SIX a direct antidote to ALEC.
Vincent Fort, a state senator from Georgia, saw big differences between ALEC and SIX.
ALEC attracted corporations that saw an opportunity to push an agenda, regardless of ideology.
ALEC echoed the ideology of Charles Wilson, the first Defense Secretary in the Eisenhower administration.
Historical Examples
To Alec Haskell I shall in this discourse again have occasion to refer.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
Good old Alec, he didn't believe in anything he couldn't touch.
The Velvet GloveHarry Harrison
He would have to remember the pun to tell Alec Diger later, if there was a later.
The Velvet GloveHarry Harrison
No smart Alec gets the best of me, even if he has got a month's contract.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
Now Alec Carmichael was on the staff of half a dozen hospitals.
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham