nonesuch

American  

[nuhn-suhch] / ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ /

Also nonsuch

noun

Older Use.

1. a person or thing without equal; paragon.

   Who can forget the title of the con artist's show from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: “The Thrilling Tragedy of the King's Cameleopard, or the Royal Nonesuch!!!”

   Synonyms:

   pattern, model, ideal, nonpareil

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nonesuch British  

/ ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ /

noun

1. archaic a matchless person or thing; nonpareil

2. another name for black medick

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Etymology

Origin of nonesuch

First recorded in 1580–90; none ¹ + such

Example Sentences

Phil plays Reich, there is the orchestra’s outstanding recent Nonesuch recording of “Runner” and “Music for Ensemble and Orchestra,” conducted by Susanna Mälkki.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Mr. Johnson’s score for the 1988 Paul Schrader film “Patty Hearst” was released on Nonesuch.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023

The late Teresa Sterne, who turned the Nonesuch record label into a home for contemporary music in the 1960s and 1970s, revered Mr. Freed and relied on his input for anything she chose to record.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022

The song comes from a forthcoming album, “Ghost Song,” due in March; it’ll be her first for Nonesuch Records and her first to feature primarily originals.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

There had been a misunderstanding also between the Governor and Captain Short of the Nonesuch frigate.

From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye