Nob

English.

Nobel

1900, in reference to five prizes (in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace) established in the will of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, inventor of dynamite. A sixth prize, in economics, was added in 1969. Related: Nobelist.

 

nobelium (n.)

1957, from Nobel + -ium.

nobility (n.)

mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank or birth" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "noble class collectively" is from 1520s.

 

Baltic nobility!

 

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  Barbara von Krüdener, religious mystic and author.

Ją dar pamatysim.

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  Alexy II of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

noble (adj.)

c.1200, "illustrious, distinguished; worthy of honor or respect," from Old French noble "of noble bearing or birth," from Latin nobilis "well-known, famous, renowned; excellent, superior, splendid; high-born, of superior birth," earlier *gnobilis, literally "knowable," from gnoscere "to come to know," from PIE root *gno- "to know" (see know). The prominent Roman families, which were "well known," provided most of the Republic's public officials. Meaning "distinguished by rank, title, or birth" is first recorded late 13c. Sense of "having lofty character, having high moral qualities" is from c.1600. A noble gas (1902) is so called for its inactivity or intertness; a use of the word that had been applied in Middle English to precious stones, metals, etc., of similar quality (late 14c.), from the sense of "having admirable properties" (c.1300).

noble (n.)

"man of rank," c.1300, from noble (adj.). The same noun sense also is in Old French and Latin. Late 14c. as the name of an English coin first issued in reign of Edward III.

nobleman (n.)

c.1300, from noble (adj.) + man (n.). Noblewoman is from 1570s.

noblesse (n.)

early 13c., "noble birth or condition," from Old French noblece "noble birth, splendor, magnificence" (Modern French noblesse), from Vulgar Latin *nobilitia, from Latin nobilis (see noble (adj.)). French phrase noblesse oblige "privilege entails responsibility" is attested in English first in 1837.

nobly (adv.)

c.1300, "valorous, courageous, spirited," from noble (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "of or befitting noble birth or descent, of high ancestry" is from 1590s.

Nobodaddy (n.)

c.1793, William Blake's derisive name for the anthropomorphic God of Christianity.

nobody (n.)

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.

 

Person of no importance:)

 

Highest Zero!

 

Lithuanian.

 

Sudėsiu visus nob:

 

×nobaženstvà (l. nabożeństwo) sf. (2); M.Valanč, Tat, M apeigos, pamaldos: Šiandie buvo labai ilgos nobaženstvos Šn. Ją lydė[jo] su didele nobaženstva LB262

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×nõbažnas, -à adj. (3^b) Krš, nõbažnas, -a (1) K žr. nabažnas: O dūšia žmogaus nobažnoja, giedok linksmai Mž422. Aš, rankas savo būriškas kaip reik susiėmęs, poniškų bei nobažnų̃ vis poterių laukiu K.Donel. Su nobažna širdžia MP82. Jisai gėris žmonėmis nõbažnomis DP190. nõbažnai adv. K; R19

×nõbažnastis (l. nobożność) sf. (1); M.Valanč pamaldumas.
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×nobažnėlis, -ė (plg. l. nobożnik) smob. I kas labai pamaldus.

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×nobažnùmas sm. (2) K, nõbažnumas (1) → nobažnas: Su nõbažnumu klausysime DP216.

×nobažnỹstė (l. nobożność) sf. (2) K, nõbažnystė (1) DP304 pamaldumas, dievotumas: Uždek ... tikrospi nobažnystėspi MKr21. To nobažnystė yra tuščia GNJokL1,26.
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×nobažnysta sf. Vln36 žr. nobažnystė: Pamėk ir mūsų nobažnystą Mž162.
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×nobažnùs, -ì adj. (3^b) žr. nobažnas: Pagonis nobažnus M.Valanč. Jo tėvelis buvo labai nobažnùs Pš.
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×nõbažnykas, -ė (l. nabożnik) smob. (1) kas labai pamaldus: Bijais ..., idant tavęs nõbažnyku, popiežnyku ... nealgotų DP186.
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Lowest Zero.

Nabagai... 
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×nabãgas, -ė (brus. нябoгa, l. nieboga) smob. (2) K, Lk, Krkl, Jž; R, nãbagas (1) kas nelaimingas, pasigailėjimo, užuojautos vertas, vargšas: Nabãgas tas mūsų kaimynas, juk ano viskas sudegė Kv. Tas nabãgas, kas duonos neturia Trg. Reikia priglaust, kurgi nabãgė pasidės Rk. Eik, nabãge, ką tu veiksi be galės ir be išminties! J. Uodo nabagas (vargšas) krito sykį iš ąžuolo ir sprandą nusisuko (nutrūko) J.Jabl(Žem). Kur tu, toks nãbagas, gali nueiti! Ms. Rods, yr daug žioplių, kurie nabagė̃lį būrą iš nelabos širdies per paiką drimelį laiko K.Donel. Lapė į svočias, ožys į piršlius, o zuikučiui nabagučiui reik važnyčioti JV904. O laputė nabagutė į svočiutes ėjo (d.) Nm. Mat nabagytis neišmanė, jogei ne kožnas kerdžius gauna skilandžių A1885,48. Žąsiniukas nabagiukas gražiai lubinuoja NS207.

Paradoksas...

 

Pagonis nobažnus M.Valanč.  

 

×nabãgas, -ė (brus. нябoгa, l. nieboga)

 

Baltic Sea

 

Holy See 

 

Baltic Nobility