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A male given name from the Germanic languages, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint. quotations examples
Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kirby announced the marriage of their daughter Katherine – I knew neither the girl nor the man she was marrying. They must be circularizing the town. It was a funny name. I felt sure I could remember anybody with a name like Aloysius. It was a good Catholic name.
1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter IV, in The Sun Also Rises
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