such

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Of this or that kind; like the one mentioned.

   I've never seen such clouds in the sky before.

2. 2
   det

   Used to add emphasis, meaning very or so much.

   It was such a good film that I watched it twice.

3. 3
   pron

   A person or thing like the one already mentioned.

   Such is life.

From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *swalīk, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Low German sülk, sulk, suk (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.

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