nemo
Americannoun
plural
nemosEtymology
Origin of nemo
1935–40, perhaps < Latin nēmō nobody, reinforced by sound association with remote
Example Sentences
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“What made the film so successful? It was a visual depiction of the ancient concept of nemo resideo, which is Latin for ‘leave no man behind’ — which is also the U.S.
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2021
It never hits the personal notes of 'finding nemo'
From The Verge • Jun. 16, 2016
Winnie ille Pu caput foramine extraxit, aliquamdiu cogitabat et secum cogitabat: 'Aliquis adesse debet quia aliquem "nemo" dixisse oportuit.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Manibus hominum inepte curiosorum ea folii pars quæ dictum controversum continet, adeo detrita est, ut nemo mortalium hodie certi quidquam discernere possit ...
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Blaxton triumphantly places a sentence from Calvin's "Epistola de Usura" as a battle-flag in his title-page:— "In republica bene constituta nemo fænerator tolerabilis est; sed omnino debet e consortio hominum rejici."
From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John
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