nil desperandum

American  

[neel des-pe-rahn-doom, nil des-puh-ran-duhm] / ˈnil ˌdɛs pɛˈrɑn dʊm, ˈnɪl ˌdɛs pəˈræn dəm /

Latin.

1. never despair.

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nil desperandum British  

/ ˈnɪl ˌdɛspəˈrændəm /

1. never despair

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Etymology

Origin of nil desperandum

from Latin, literally: nothing to be despaired of

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Example Sentences

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nil desperandum

The perspiration ran down his cheeks, and his arms ached; but he was toiling for liberty, and on the nil desperandum principle he worked away.

From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn

But nil desperandum was the motto of our Frenchman.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Lewis Gaylord Clark

But Seattle is better for the disaster, and stands to-day a monument to the "nil desperandum" policy of its leaders.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by James Cox

He's screeching nil desperandum, she's thundering "Shut-ut the dooroh!"

From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock

“She winna hae me,” he cried, “but nil desperandum, that’ll be my motto till the happy day.”

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

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