Passepartout

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Type Surname
Pronounced Pron. pahs-per-TOO  [key]
Other Forms FormsPaspertout

Meaning & History

Derived from French passe-partout, which literally means "goes everywhere" but is actually an idiom for "skeleton key".

This is the surname of Phileas Fogg's valet in Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days".
Added 12/7/2016 by blackiesunshine
Edited 12/10/2019 by SeaHorse15, elbowin and Lucille