† sans-peersaunce-peren.
Obsolete.
As adj.phr.: Without equal, peerless. Also occasionally adv.: As one that has no equal. Often used as a proper name or surname; hence n., a person who has no equal.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique
onlyOE
unilichec1300
unlike?c1335
incomparablyc1422
sans-peer1426
incomparable1482
uncomparably1548
peerless1596
matchlessly1598
peerlessly1600
unimitably1622
unparalleledly1639
matchlessc1650
uniquely1805
unapproachably1846
unsurpassably1859
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person > person
sans-peer1426
nonsicut1621
non-parallel1631
nonsuch1646
no (none) such1647
ne plus ultra1672
unique1728
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 14087 I wolde be holden ay sanz per, And by my syluen synguler.
?c1450 Pistel of Swete Susan (Pierpont Morgan) 33 Prestes hye of priuylage were praysed saune pere.
c1460 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 291/19 Lady saunzpere.
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Aijv The awnner therof is lady of estate Whoos name to tell is dame saunce pere.
1576 N. R. in G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. A.iiiv In Elegies, and wanton loue writ laies, Sance peere were Naso, and Tibullus deemde.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 8 The Iesuits being men holden of all,..to be sance peres of the Christian globe.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 16 All..right Alchumists, that is, sance peeres in all things.
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