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nonpareil

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

[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).]

nonpareil [ˈnɒnpərəl ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl]
n
1. a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point
3. (Cookery) US a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc.
4. (Cookery) Chiefly US a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar
adj
having no match or equal; peerless
[from French, from non- + pareil similar]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nonpareil - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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.nonpareilnonpareil - 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"
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"

nonpareil
noun
ideal, best, finest, perfection, paragon, ne plus ultra In league, if not international football, he remains the nonpareil.
adjective
Translations
nonpareil [ˈnɒnpərəl]
A. ADJsin par
B. N (= person) → persona f sin par; (= thing) → cosa f sin par (Typ) → nomparell m


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Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme.
"She's Colour-Sergeant of the Nonpareil battalion," said Mr.
An 'Only' is a nonpareil, the feller that does one kind of a turn better'n any other feller.
 
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