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Dictionary Results For "nonesuch" [?]/[OPML]

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster] Nonet

WordNet nonesuch
n : model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis,
nonsuch]

Moby Dictionary
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