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nonpareil
[ non-puh-rel ]
noun
- a person or thing having no equal.
Synonyms: nonesuch
- a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
- a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
- Printing.
- a 6-point type.
- a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
nonpareil
/ ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl; ˈnɒnpərəl /
noun
- a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example
- (formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point
- a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc
- a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar
adjective
- having no match or equal; peerless
Word History and Origins
Origin of nonpareil1
Word History and Origins
Origin of nonpareil1
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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