What is going on with the East Alton Rotary Club? We will cover it here, along with all sorts of other interesting and off-kilter stuff that will inform, enlighten and amuse you.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
THE FIRST WORD
nonesuch or nonsuch
PRONUNCIATION:
(NUN-such)
MEANING:
noun: A person or thing without an equal.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old English nan, from ne (not) + Old English swelce/swylc. Earliest documented use: 290.
USAGE:
"Tell me, Margaret, who is this paragon, this nonesuch, this nonpareil." Jane Odiwe; Willoughby's Return; Sourcebooks; 2009.
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