NONESUCH DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
nonesuch
n 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
Anagrams 
nonesuch
unchosen
English Etymology Dictionary 
nonesuch
1590, nonesuch, from none + such.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
nonesuch noun
Date: 1590 a person or thing without an equal
• nonesuch adjective
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
nonesuch var. of NONSUCH.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Nonesuch \None"such`\, n.
A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such;
something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It
is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety
of apple, a species of medic ({Medicago lupulina}), a variety
of pottery clay, etc.
Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms 
nonesuch
n.
Nonpareil, paragon, pattern, model, acme of perfection, pink of perfection, beas ideal.
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonesuch":
abnormality, amazement, anomaly, astonishing thing, astonishment,
champion, choice, chosen, conversation piece, cream, curio,
curiosity, elect, elite, exception, fat, flower, gazingstock,
ideal, improbability, jewel, marvel, marvelment, miracle,
museum piece, nonpareil, oddity, optimum, paragon, phenomenon,
phoenix, pick, prime, prize, prodigiosity, prodigy, queen,
quintessence, quite a thing, rarity, select, sensation, sight,
something else, spectacle, strange thing, stunner, superlative,
the best, the best ever, the tops, the very best, wonder,
wonderful thing, wonderment
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