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Dictionary of
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Origin of the Surname NEQUAM.
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NEQUAM
(Latin) Dishonest, lazy. Alexander Nequam, of St.
Albans, wishing to devote himself to a monastic life, in the abbey of his native
town, applied to the ruler of that establishment for admission. The
abbot's reply was thus laconically expressed: "Si
bonus sis, venias, si Nequam, nequaquam." If good, you may
come; if wicked, by no means. It
is said he changed his name to Neckham, and was admitted into the
fraternity.
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