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Definition of Nonsuch
1. Noun. Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
Specialized synonyms: Crackerjack, Jimdandy, Jimhickey, Class Act, Humdinger
Generic synonyms: Model, Role Model
Derivative terms: Apotheosise, Apotheosize, Sainthood, Sanctify
Definition of Nonsuch
1. n. See Nonesuch.
Definition of Nonsuch
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of nonesuch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonsuch
1. nonesuch [n -ES] - See also: nonesuch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsuch
Literary usage of Nonsuch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1882)
"In this situation a sail, which proved to be the nonsuch, privateer, of Baltimore,
was discovered bearing east north-east from them, which gave chase under ..."
2. The Fruits of America: Containing Richly Colored Figures, and Full by Charles Mason Hovey (1852)
"The Hubbardston nonsuch in the orchard bears a full crop only in alternate, or
what are usually termed bearing, years, and a small crop in the intermediate ..."
3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"REMARKS—The specimen* above alluded to were received in good order. They were
carefully and neatly packed. The largest fruit, is the Hubbard- tton nonsuch, ..."
4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1889)
"THE nonsuch PROFESSOR.!—This is a treatise on the Christian life in the form ...
The nonsuch Professor in his Meridian Splendor; or the Singular Actions of ..."
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