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Aldous

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name from Old English.

A surname originating as a patronymic or as a matronymic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I know LSD; I don't need to take it anymore. Maybe when I die, like Aldous Huxley. Albert Hofmann

Aldous Huxley took the drug mescaline and then chronicled his experience in the book The Doors of Perception. Now, I don't actually think that's the first thing he wrote: he probably wrote 'my brain is melting' ten thousand times, but it was the book that the critics latched on to. Bill Bailey

What is Aldous capable of?" "Aldous is two thousands years old. He's capable of anything." "Aldous Nix is two thousands years old?" "So, I've heard. He doesn't invite me to his birthday parties. Cassandra Clare

Mr. Aldous Huxley, who is perhaps one of those people who have to perpetrate thirty bad novels before producing a good one, has a certain natural - but little developed - aptitude for seriousness. T. S. Eliot

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Sara Shepard

Aldous Huxley took the drug mescaline and then chronicled his experience in the book The Doors of Perception. Bill Bailey

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