nonesuch

[ nuhn-suhch ]

noun

Older Use.

1. a person or thing without equal; paragon:

   Who can forget the title of the con artist's show from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: “The Thrilling Tragedy of the King's Cameleopard, or the Royal Nonesuch!!!”

   Synonyms: pattern, model, ideal, nonpareil

nonesuch

/ ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a matchless person or thing; nonpareil
2. another name for black medick

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonesuch¹

First recorded in 1580–90; none ¹ + such

Example Sentences

Now comes the darling of the group, the heart's ease, the nonesuch, the Rose of Erin, the lovely, the indescribable Rosaleen Clancy.

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He had the Lemals' pluck inside him though, for all his unhandy looks; and, of course, his mother thought him a nonesuch.

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I answered, that I had nonesuch, and knew not any of our people who had; but any clothes I had that could gratify his highness were much at his service.

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A Stuart face of nonesuch Charles, lank locks falling at its sides.

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