・nobody excepted 一人の例外もなく.

・present company excepted ⇒present^１ adj. 2 a.

・…not excepted …も例外でなく.

vi. 《まれ》 〔…に〕異議を申し立てる (object) 〔against, to〕.

・except against [to] a proposition ある提案に異議を申し立てる.

《a1393》 (O)F excepter L exceptre (freq.) ← exceptus (p.p.) ← excipere to take out ← EX-^１＋capere to take; cf. captive ex・cept・ing /kspt, k-/

prep. [通例, 文頭または not, all, without, always の次に用いて] …を除いて[けば] (⇒except^１ SYN).