Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Olivia

Niece of Sir Toby Belch. Malvolio 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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