nobody

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
noun
  1. A person dismissed as unimportant.
  2. Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Pronunciation

/ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/ /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/ En-uk-nobody.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-nobody.wav /ˈnoʊˌbʌd.i/ /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/ en-us-nobody.ogg /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/

Word forms

nobody no body nobuddy nobudy nobodies

Etymology

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).

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