i don't think there is as nemesis is meant as your WORST enemy and there should only be 1, but what if (for example) your worst enemy is a company of people?
2006-08-03 01:27:26 · 12 answers · asked by Diana M 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I agree with the other answerers that it should be "nemeses," pronounced, "nem-uh-seez." Have a happy day!
2006-08-03 06:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"nemeses" - from the Oxford English Dictionary:
1. a. Chiefly in form Nemesis. Originally in classical mythology: the goddess of retribution or vengeance, who reverses excessive good fortune, checks presumption, and punishes wrongdoing; (hence) a person who or thing which avenges, punishes, or brings about someone's downfall; an agent of retribution.
b. orig. and chiefly N. Amer. In extended use: a persistent tormentor; a long-standing rival, an arch-enemy.
2. a. Chiefly in form Nemesis. Retributive justice; (also) an instance of this; the downfall brought by it.
b. An unavoidable consequence of (or occas. for) a specified activity or behaviour; an inevitable penalty or price.
3. Astron. In form Nemesis. A small, faint star postulated as a companion to the sun in a hypothesis to explain the supposed cyclical nature of terrestrial mass extinctions.
According to the hypothesis the companion star follows a highly eccentric orbit around the sun which causes it to disturb the Oort cloud every 26 million years, sending a shower of comets into the inner solar system.
So, as far as the goddess of retribution is concerned, no, there wouldn't be more than one of those. However, the more colloquial use of the word means that there can be.
2006-08-07 03:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by bouncingtigger13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of retribution and one of those is enough
However it also (amongst other things) means an opponent who cannot be beaten and, in this sense, the plural is nemeses
2006-08-03 12:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plural of nemesis is nemeses (like crisis, crises; thesis, theses), but you could always say "That company is my worst nemesis".
2006-08-03 09:32:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, nemeses is the plural form of nemesis.
2006-08-03 08:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by kangaruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nemesis is the name of the Greek goddess of divine retribution.
This is a proper noun and singular.
2006-08-03 08:43:26 · answer #6 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that you can have more than one nemesis, but if you can they're nemeses.
2006-08-03 08:34:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a addon to this question, what's the difference between a regular nemesis, and an arch-nemesis?
2006-08-03 09:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by Justaguyinaplace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a nemesis, and I have a nemesis, then they are our nemeses.
2006-08-03 22:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nemesis (plural: nemeses)
2006-08-03 09:41:27 · answer #10 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋