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nonesuch
[ nuhn-suhch ]
noun
- 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: , , ,
nonesuch
/ ˈʌˌʌʃ /
noun
- archaic.a matchless person or thing; nonpareil
- another name for black medick
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.
He had the Lemals' pluck inside him though, for all his unhandy looks; and, of course, his mother thought him a nonesuch.
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.
A Stuart face of nonesuch Charles, lank locks falling at its sides.
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