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nonpareil

[ non-puh-rel ]

adjective

  1. having no equal; peerless.

    Synonyms: unparalleled

    Antonyms: ordinary



noun

  1. a person or thing having no equal.

    Synonyms: nonesuch

  2. a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
  3. a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
  4. Printing.
    1. a 6-point type.
    2. a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.

nonpareil

/ ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl; ˈnɒnpərəl /

noun

  1. a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example
  2. (formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point
  3. a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc
  4. a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. having no match or equal; peerless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nonpareil1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English nonparail(le), from Middle French nonpareil, “unrivalled, peerless,” equivalent to non- non- + pareil “equal,” from Vulgar Latin pariculus, Late Latin pāriculus, a diminutive adjective and noun formed from Latin pār (inflectional stem pāri- “equal, an equal”) + -culus diminutive suffix; -cle 1( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nonpareil1

C15: from French, from non- + pareil same
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Example Sentences

This is a test of whether public television can support a show like this as it does its nonpareil documentary series, Frontline.

What high person would not keep for himself, to say nothing of eating, some fraction of such a Nonpareil?

The 'Nonpareil Speaker' will be welcomed by parents and teachers for the fresh material graded for all ages.

This fruit has been thought to resemble the Ohio Nonpareil, but I think it is different.

The Nonpareil Parrot is perhaps the most beautiful bird of the parrot tribe in the whole world.

The point is 1⁄12 of a Pica; Nonpareil would accordingly be called six points.

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