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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noh-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di |
Definition of nobody
Origin :- mid-14c., no body "no person noone," from Middle English no (adj.) "not any" + bodi (see body (n.)). Written as two words 14c.-18c.; hyphenated 17c.-18c. Incorrect use with their is attested from 1540s. Meaning "person of no importance" is from 1580s.
- noun unimportant person
- They all admired and respected her, and nobody doubted the reality of her adventures.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- What I hear at night is the creaking of stairs, when I know that nobody ought to be stirring.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Hope bade one and another run for a physician, but nobody stirred.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- "Nobody ever thinks I see anything," said Aunt Jane, in some dejection.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I desired her to give it into her own hand, when nobody was by.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And as to your cant of living single, nobody will believe you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He had been made a fool of, and would stand that from nobody.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- And since I must not pity you, I will pity myself: for nobody else will.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Then even if it doesn't sell, even if nobody reads it, I will be content.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- He said nobody made any thing out of this except the Western Senators.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
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