What is "such"

Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G. solch, Icel. sl[=i]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See So, Like, a., and cf. Which.]

1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better.

   And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun.
   --Chaucer.

   His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping.
   --Macaulay.

   Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such; as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to be avoided; few such ideas were then held.

2. Having the particular quality or character specified.

   That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself.
   --Milton.

3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. ``[It] hath such senses as we have.''
   --Shak.

4. Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

   In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived.
   --Daniel.

   To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
   --James iv. 13.

   Note: Such is used pronominally. ``He was the father of such as dwell in tents.''
   --Gen. iv. 20. ``Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained.''
   --Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. ``Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed.''
   --De Foe.

   Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
   --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.

   Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.
   --Shak. [1913 Webster] Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many.

   Such and such, or Such or such, certain; some; -- used to represent the object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another, or as being of one kind or another. ``In such and such a place shall be my camp.''
   --2 Kings vi. 8. ``Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action.''
   --South.

   Such like or Such character, of the like kind.

   And many other such like things ye do.
   --Mark vii. 8.

c.1200, Old English swylc, swilc "just as, as, in like manner; as if, as though; such a one, he" (pronoun and adjective), from a Proto-Germanic compound *swalikaz "so formed" (cognates: Old Saxon sulik, Old Norse slikr, Old Frisian selik, Middle Dutch selc, Dutch zulk, Old High German sulih, German solch, Gothic swaleiks), from swa "so" (see so) + *likan "form," source of Old English gelic "similar" (see like (adj.)). Colloquial suchlike (early 15c.) is pleonastic.

det. (lb en demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context. pron. A person, a thing, people(,) or things like the one or ones already mentioned.

1. adj. of a kind specified or understood; "it's difficult to please such people"; "on such a night as this"; "animals such as lions and tigers" [syn: such(a), such as]

2. of a degree or quality specified (by the `that' clause); "their anxiety was such that they could not sleep" [syn: such(p), such that]

3. of so extreme a degree or extent; "such weeping"; "so much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never dreamed of such beauty" [syn: such(a), so much]

adv. to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!"

Such may refer to:

• Bob Such ( fl. 1990s), Australian politician
• Alec John Such (born 1956), American musician
• Peter Such (born 1964), English cricketer
• Such A Pretty Girl, a 2007 novel by Laura Weiss

Noe "Such" Baez, otherwise known as Such Styles, born 1968 and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Such's Graffiti writing career officially began in 1983 after reading Craig Castleman’s book Getting Up. Intrigued by the extreme efforts and sacrifices that graffiti writers made for their art form, Such tried his hand at creating his own graphic identity. His initial canvasses were the walls which soon graduated to the freight cars that ran through Arizona, thus bringing forth the Graffiti Art culture to America's West.