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

Example Sentences

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nil desperandum

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

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

But nil desperandum was the motto of our Frenchman.

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

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 Cox, James

I sought it in the faces round me, and after a time I believed I found it, in the nil desperandum air that each flaunted like a flag.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

You understand me, Harry, nil desperandum is the motto I advise you to adopt.”

From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.