nemo

[nee-moh]

Origin of nemo

1935–40, Americanism; perhaps < Latin nēmō nobody, reinforced by sound association with remote

[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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There is something about being in Captain Nemo's Nautilus that makes the absinthe taste even better.
The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires
Jeff Campagna
March 10, 2014

I went and looked into the stall, and he was examinin' Nemo's feet.
Frank Merriwell's Races
Burt L. Standish
In the morning there was a row in the stable where Nemo was kept.
Frank Merriwell's Races
Burt L. Standish
Said there was nothing the matter with the way Nemo is shod.
Frank Merriwell's Races
Burt L. Standish
He had been taunted and told that he dared not stake money on Nemo.
Frank Merriwell's Races
Burt L. Standish
Nemo had been entered in the "free for all," and his name was on the bills.
Frank Merriwell's Races
Burt L. Standish

Word Origin and History for nemo

Latin, literally "no man, no one, nobody."