Meanings
- archaicnot comparableNot at all; in no respect.
So the Elderly Person, being nowhat in awe of such a comrade, assured him that he was a good man, along certain lines, and the two men got along famously.
1913, Music News, volume 6, number 1, page 301 more example
He was exceeding temperate in meat, drink, and recreations. He was nowhat given to his appetite; though he loved to see good meat at his table, yet he eat very little of it himself; beef or rabbits was his ordinary food, or cold salted meats, or cheese and apples, and in moderate quantity.
1859, University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review (quoting an unnamed friend of Sir Thomas Wentworth)
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