Most famously refers to Charles Dickens, the beloved English novelist; also used in the phrase 'what the dickens' as a mild exclamation.
A proper surname, possibly deriving from 'Dick' (Richard) with the suffix '-ens.' Charles Dickens (1812-1870) became so famous that his name became synonymous with Victorian-era literature and social critique.
Charles Dickens invented the character Ebenezer Scrooge, who became so iconic that 'Scrooge' is now a real word meaning a stingy person—he's literally the only novelist whose character names entered the English language this way!
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