nemo
[nee-moh]
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Origin of nemo
nemo me impune lacessit
[ne-moh me im-poo-ne lah-kes-sit; English nee-moh mee im-pyoo-nee luh-ses-it]
- no one attacks me with impunity: motto of Scotland.
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Examples from the Web for nemo
Contemporary Examples
There is something about being in Captain Nemo's Nautilus that makes the absinthe taste even better.
Historical Examples
I went and looked into the stall, and he was examinin' Nemo's feet.
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In the morning there was a row in the stable where Nemo was kept.
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Said there was nothing the matter with the way Nemo is shod.
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He had been taunted and told that he dared not stake money on Nemo.
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Nemo had been entered in the "free for all," and his name was on the bills.
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Word Origin and History for nemo
n.
Latin, literally "no man, no one, nobody."
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