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non·pa·reil  (nnp-rl)

adj.

Having no equal; peerless: the Yankees' nonpareil center fielder.

n.

1. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.

2. See painted bunting.

3. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar.

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[Middle English nounparalle, from Old French nonpareil : non-, non- + pareil, equal (from Vulgar Latin *pariculus, diminutive of Latin pr, equal; see per-² in Indo-European roots).]

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nonpareil [non-par-rail]

Noun

a person or thing that is unsurpassed [French, from non- + pareil similar]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nonpareil - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal nonesuch, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, paragon, saint crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; "a humdinger of a secretary"
	2.	nonpareil - colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar
	3.	nonpareil - a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar chocolate candy - candy made with chocolate
Adj.	1.	nonpareil - eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" one and only, peerless, unmatchable, matchless, unrivaled, unrivalled, unmatched, one incomparable, uncomparable - such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"