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nonesuch

noun

Etymology

From none + such. First attested in 1590.

  1. inherited from *swalīkaz✻ — “so formed, so like”
  2. inherited from *swalīk✻
  3. inherited from swelċ
  4. inherited from such
  5. formed as nonesuch — “none + such”

Definitions

  1. A person or thing with no equal.

  2. A caryophyllaceous plant, Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica), with bright…

    A caryophyllaceous plant, Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica), with bright red flowers, native to Eurasia.

  3. Having no equal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonesuch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA