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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of such" class="word__name--TTbAA">such<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj., pron.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"of that kind, of the like kind or degree," as a pronoun, "such a person or thing," c. 1200, <span class="foreign notranslate">swich</span>, from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">swylc</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">swilc</span> "just as, as, in like manner; as if, as though; such a one, he" (pronoun and adjective), from a Proto-Germanic compound <span class="foreign notranslate">*swalikaz</span> "so formed," from *<span class="foreign notranslate">swa</span> "so" (see <a href="/word/so" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of so " class="crossreference notranslate">so</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">*likan</span> "form," source of Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">gelic</span> "similar" (see <a href="/word/like#etymonline_v_9509" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of like " class="crossreference notranslate">like</a> (adj.)).</p> <p>The prehistoric compound also is the source of Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">sulik</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">slikr</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">selik</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">selc</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">zulk</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">sulih</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">solch</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">swaleiks</span>.</p> <p>Colloquial <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">suchlike</span></strong> "of the sort previously mentioned; so forth" (early 15c., <span class="foreign notranslate">swich-lik</span>) is pleonastic. Middle English also had an adjective-pronoun <span class="foreign notranslate">suchkin</span> and <span class="foreign notranslate">suchwise</span> "of such a kind" (both late 14c.). <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">No such thing</span></strong> "not at all, nothing at all" is by 1530s.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201200">c. 1200</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to such">Entries linking to <i>such</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of like" href="/word/like#etymonline_v_9509">like<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"having the same characteristics or qualities" (as another), c. 1200, <span class="foreign notranslate">lik</span>, shortening of <span class="foreign notranslate">y-lik</span>, from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">gelic</span> "like, similar," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*(ga)leika-</span> "having the same form," literally "with a corresponding body" (source also of Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">gilik</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">gelijk</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">gleich</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">galeiks</span> "equally, like").</p> <p>This is a compound of <span class="foreign notranslate">*ga-</span> "with, together" + the Germanic root <span class="foreign notranslate">*lik-</span> "body, form; like, same" (source also of Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">lic</span> "body, corpse;" see <a href="/word/lich" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of lich " class="crossreference notranslate">lich</a>). Etymologically analogous to Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">conform</span>. The modern form (rather than <span class="foreign notranslate">*lich</span>) may be from a northern descendant of the Old English word's Norse cognate, <span class="foreign notranslate">glikr</span>.</p> <p>Formerly with comparative <span class="foreign notranslate">liker</span> and superlative <span class="foreign notranslate">likest</span> (still in use 17c.). The preposition (c. 1200) and the adverb (c. 1300) both are from the adjective. As a conjunction, first attested early 16c., short for <span class="foreign notranslate">like as</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">like unto</span>. Colloquial <span class="foreign notranslate">like to</span> "almost, nearly" ("I like to died laughing") is 17c., short for <span class="foreign notranslate">was like to</span>/<span class="foreign notranslate">had like to</span> "come near to, was likely." To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>feel like</strong></span> "want to, be in the mood for" is 1863, originally American English. Proverbial pattern as in <span class="foreign notranslate">like father, like son</span> is recorded from 1540s.</p> <p>Meaning "such as" ("A Town Like Alice") attested from 1886. The word has been used as a postponed filler (<span class="foreign notranslate">"going really fast, like"</span>) from 1778; as a presumed emphatic (<span class="foreign notranslate">"going, like, really fast"</span>) from 1950, originally in counterculture slang and bop talk. Phrase <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>more like it</strong></span> "closer to what is desired" is from 1888.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of so" href="/word/so#etymonline_v_23801">so<!-- --> <!-- -->(adv., conj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">so</span>, from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">swa</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">swæ</span> (adv., conj., pron.) "in this way, in such a manner that," also "to that extent; so as, consequently, therefore," and purely intensive; from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*swa</span> (source also of Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">so</span>, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">sva</span>, Danish <span class="foreign notranslate">saa</span>, Swedish <span class="foreign notranslate">så</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">sa</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">zo</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">so</span> "so," Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">swa</span> "as"), from PIE reflexive pronominal stem <span class="foreign notranslate">*swo-</span> "so" (source also of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">hos</span> "as," Old Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">suad</span> "so," Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">se</span> "himself"), derivative of <span class="foreign notranslate">*s(w)e-</span>, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (see <a href="/word/idiom" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of idiom " class="crossreference notranslate">idiom</a>).</p> <p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">swa</span> frequently was strengthened by <span class="foreign notranslate">eall</span>, and <span class="foreign notranslate">so</span> also is contained in compounds <a href="/word/as" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of as " class="crossreference notranslate">as</a>, <a href="/word/also" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of also " class="crossreference notranslate">also</a>, <a href="/word/such" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of such " class="crossreference notranslate">such</a>. The <span class="foreign notranslate">-w-</span> was crushed out by contraction from 12c.; compare <a href="/word/two" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of two " class="crossreference notranslate">two</a>, which underwent the same process but retained its spelling.</p> <p>As a word confirming a previous statement, late Old English; also from late Old English as an intensive in an affirmative clause (such as <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">so very</span></strong> "exceedingly, extremely"). As an "introductory particle" [OED] from 1590s. Used to add emphasis or contradict a negative from 1913. <span class="foreign notranslate">So</span> in mid-20c. British slang could mean "homosexual" (adj.).</p> <p><strong><span class="foreign notranslate">So?</span></strong> as a term of dismissal is attested from 1886 (short for <span class="foreign notranslate">is that so?</span>, etc.); it is older as an abbreviation of <span class="foreign notranslate">is it so?</span> (1803). <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">So what</span></strong> as an exclamation of indifference dates from 1934.</p> <p>The abbreviating phrase <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">and so forth</span></strong> is attested in Old English; <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">and so on</span></strong> is attested from 1724. <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">So far</span></strong> "at such a distance" was in Middle English; <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">so far so good</span></strong> is from 1721, said then to be a Scottish proverb.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of each" href="/word/each"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">each</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of ilk" href="/word/ilk"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">ilk</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of nonsuch" href="/word/nonsuch"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">nonsuch</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/such/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->5<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of such">Trends of <i>such</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of each" href="/word/each"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">each<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English ælc (n., pron., adj.) "any, all, every, each (one)," short for a-gelic "ever alike," from a "ever" (see aye (adv.)) + gelic "alike" (see like (adj.)). From a common West Germanic expression *aina-galīk (source also of Dutch elk, Old Frisian ellik, Old High German iogi</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ilk" href="/word/ilk"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">ilk<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English ilca "the same" (pron.), from Proto-Germanic *ij-lik (compare German eilen), in which the first element is from the PIE demonstrative particle *i- (see yon) and the second is that in Old English -lic "form" (see like (adj.)). Of similar formation are each, which and s</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of nonsuch" href="/word/nonsuch"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">nonsuch<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1580s, nonesuch "unmatched or unrivaled thing," from none + such. From 1640s as "person who has no equal." As a type of decorated 16c. or 17c. chest, it is in reference to Nonesuch Palace, in Surrey, which supposedly is represented in the designs. Middle English had an adjective </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of retaliation" href="/word/retaliation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">retaliation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">kind," believed to be a derivative (on the notion of "compensation with the same") of talis "suchlike" from PIE *teh-li- "such..." (source also of Welsh talu "to pay," Greek tēlikos "of such an age," Lithuanian tōlei, Old Church Slavonic toli "to such...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of carousel" href="/word/carousel"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">carousel<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">The modern meaning "merry-go-round" as an amusement ride is by 1895, though there are suggestions of such a thing earlier...: A new and rare invencon knowne by the name of the royalle carousell or tournament being framed and contrived with such...engines as will not only afford great pleasure to us and our nobility in the sight thereof, but sufficient instruction to all such...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of kenning" href="/word/kenning"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">kenning<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"periphrastic expression in early Germanic poetry" (such as swan-road for "sea," sky-candle for "sun"), 1871, a modern learned...In the whole poem of Beowulf there are scarcely half a dozen of them [similes], and these of the simplest character, such...Indeed, such a simple comparison as this is almost equivalent to the more usual "kenning" (as it is called in Icelandic),...such as "brimfugol," where, instead of comparing the ship to a bird, the poet simply calls it a sea-bird, preferring the...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of courant" href="/word/courant"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">courant<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"newspaper" (now only in names of newspapers, such as the Hartford Courant, which dates to the 18th century), 1620s, on the...Also the name of a kind of dance (1580s) characterized by "running" steps and music for such a dance (1590s)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of score" href="/word/score"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">score<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late Old English scoru "twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, notch, incision; a rift in rock," also, in Icelandic, "twenty," from Proto-Germanic *skur-, from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut." 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