Open Sesame Definition
sesəmē
noun
A simple, trusty means of attaining a goal.
American Heritage
Any unfailing means of gaining admission or achieving some other end.
Webster's New World
interjection
Open up!
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Open Sesame
Noun
Singular:
open sesame
Plural:
open-sesamesOrigin of Open Sesame
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From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.
From Wiktionary
From the magical formula Open Sesame used by Ali Baba in the Arabian Nights to open the door of the robbers' cave
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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