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nonpareil

non·pa·reil [ nònpə rél, nónpə rèl ]


noun  (plural non·pa·reils)
Definition:
 
1. somebody or something unparalleled: somebody or something without an equal

2. U.S. food confectionery decoration: a small crisp bead of colored sugar used to decorate cookies and other confectionery

3. U.S. food sugar-covered chocolate disk: a small disk of chocolate covered in small beads of white nonpareils

4. printing six-point type: a size of printers' type equivalent to six point ( dated )



adjective 
Definition:
 
peerless: having no equal

[15th century. < French, "not (having) equal" < pareil "equal" < popular Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin par "equal"]
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