nemo
Americannoun
plural
nemosEtymology
Origin of nemo
1935–40, perhaps < Latin nēmō nobody, reinforced by sound association with remote
Example Sentences
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“What made the film so successful? It was a visual depiction of the ancient concept of nemo resideo, which is Latin for ‘leave no man behind’ — which is also the U.S.
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2021
It never hits the personal notes of 'finding nemo'
From The Verge • Jun. 16, 2016
Winnie ille Pu caput foramine extraxit, aliquamdiu cogitabat et secum cogitabat: 'Aliquis adesse debet quia aliquem "nemo" dixisse oportuit.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Iro ego pauperior, Codroque tenuior omni, Despicior cunctis, nemo est qui sublevet heu heu.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
Quin et quo loco res Ecclesiæ sint nemo non videt.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn
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