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Webster 1913 Edition


Nonesuch

None′suchˊ

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Noun.
A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (
Medicago lupulina
), a variety of pottery clay, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nonesuch

NONESUCH

,
Noun.
1.
An extraordinary thing; a thing that has not its equal.
2.
A plant of the genus Lychnis.

Definition 2024


nonesuch

nonesuch

English

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Noun

nonesuch (plural nonesuches)

  1. A person or thing with no equal. [2]
  2. Lychnis chalcedonica

Synonyms

References

  1. The Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper Article
  2. "nonesuch". The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 14 Nov. 2007. Article.

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