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nonsuch

[ UK /nˌɒnsˈʌt‍ʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

How To Use nonsuch In A Sentence

  • Then you are, as indeed I have always thought you, a nonsuch of a woman. Sir Charles Grandison
  • A few years later, however, Prince Rupert and some other prominent members of the court and the city bought the third-hand forty-three-ton ketch, the "Nonsuch", and borrowed the fifty-four-ton "Eaglet" ketch from the King. Three Hundred Years
  • According to Christie's auction house, which is selling the work, the painting is one of just a handful of direct depictions of Nonsuch.
  • How I've missed Scoop after all these years I can't imagine and in this edition it is followed by The Loved One, another spectre from the era of Form Vc at Nonsuch Girls, who now I think on it had an odd and very quirky shared sense in humour and books. Everyman's Library
  • It was, however, not necessary to wait for noon; for about half-past ten o'clock a boat was seen approaching the _Nonsuch_ from the shore; and when she presently drew near enough to permit recognition of the faces of those in her it was seen that the alcalde was her solitary passenger; and very shortly afterwards she ranged up alongside the English ship, and Don Juan Alvarez climbed the side ladder in an evident state of profound trepidation. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer
  • As for James, he declared him a nonsuch, and said, that although poor, he would not have hesitated to have given him sixpence for a lock of his hair, just to keep beside him for a keepsake; (did any body ever hear such nonsense?) The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
  • Nonsuch boasted a wonderland of groves, rockeries, aviaries, and trellis walks. Secrets of the Tudor Court
  • As for James, he declared him a nonsuch, and said, that although poor, he would not have hesitated to have given him sixpence for The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
  • He is a nonsuch for prudence: There is none so discreet and wise as thou art, v. 39. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
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