nonpareil

[ non-puh-rel ]

/ ˌnɒn pəˈrɛl /

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adjective

having no equal; peerless.

noun

a person or thing having no equal.

a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.

a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.

painted bunting.

Printing.

a 6-point type.
a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.

Origin of nonpareil

1400–50; late Middle English nonparaille<Middle French nonpareil, equivalent to non-non- + pareil equal <Vulgar Latin *pariculum (Latin pari- (stem of pār) equal + -culum-cule¹)

SYNONYMS FOR nonpareil

1 unparalleled.

2 nonesuch.

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ANTONYMS FOR nonpareil

1 ordinary.

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Words nearby nonpareil

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Example sentences from the Web for nonpareil

This is a test of whether public television can support a show like this as it does its nonpareil documentary series, Frontline.
The Two Best Newscasts You Aren't Watching|Peter Osnos|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The other colors, which we may add to the four nonpareil colors, are, different shades of red and yellow.
The Progress of the Marbling Art|Josef Halfer
The next public necessity was a newspaper, which soon came, and the town was given the name of Nonpareil.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
It makes a royal octavo volume of one thousand and thirty-six double-column pages, clearly printed in nonpareil type.
Comfort Found in Good Old Books|George Hamlin Fitch

The Nonpareil Parrot is perhaps the most beautiful bird of the parrot tribe in the whole world.
Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia|Samuel Griswold Goodrich
The old names pica and nonpareil (half pica, or 6-point) still survive as convenient terms to use in naming these sizes.
Typesetting|A. A. Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for nonpareil

nonpareil

/ (ˈnɒnpərəl, ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl) /

noun

a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example

(formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point

US a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc

mainly US a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar

adjective

having no match or equal; peerless

Word Origin for nonpareil

C15: from French, from non- + pareil same

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单词	nonpareil
释义	nonpareil [ non-puh-rel ] / ˌnɒn pəˈrɛl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nonpareil ON THESAURUS.COM adjective having no equal; peerless. noun a person or thing having no equal. a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies. a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar. painted bunting. Printing. a 6-point type. a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines. Origin of nonpareil 1400–50; late Middle English nonparaille<Middle French nonpareil, equivalent to non-non- + pareil equal <Vulgar Latin *pariculum (Latin pari- (stem of pār) equal + -culum-cule¹) SYNONYMS FOR nonpareil 1 unparalleled. 2 nonesuch. SEE SYNONYMS FOR nonpareil ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR nonpareil 1 ordinary. SEE ANTONYMS FOR nonpareil ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby nonpareil nonorthodox, nonosteogenic fibroma, nonoxynol-9, nonparametric, nonparametric statistics, nonpareil, nonparous, nonparticipant, nonparticipating, nonparticipation, nonpartisan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nonpareil This is a test of whether public television can support a show like this as it does its nonpareil documentary series, Frontline. The Two Best Newscasts You Aren't Watching\|Peter Osnos\|March 17, 2009\|DAILY BEAST The other colors, which we may add to the four nonpareil colors, are, different shades of red and yellow. The Progress of the Marbling Art\|Josef Halfer The next public necessity was a newspaper, which soon came, and the town was given the name of Nonpareil. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences\|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution It makes a royal octavo volume of one thousand and thirty-six double-column pages, clearly printed in nonpareil type. Comfort Found in Good Old Books\|George Hamlin Fitch The Nonpareil Parrot is perhaps the most beautiful bird of the parrot tribe in the whole world. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia\|Samuel Griswold Goodrich The old names pica and nonpareil (half pica, or 6-point) still survive as convenient terms to use in naming these sizes. Typesetting\|A. A. Stewart British Dictionary definitions for nonpareil nonpareil / (ˈnɒnpərəl, ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl) / noun a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example (formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point US a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc mainly US a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar adjective having no match or equal; peerless Word Origin for nonpareil C15: from French, from non- + pareil same 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 Words related to nonpareil ideal, model, oner
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