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| non·pa·reil [ nònpə rél, nónpə rèl ] |
noun (plural non·pa·reils) |
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1. somebody or something unparalleled: somebody or something without an equal
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2. U.S. food confectionery decoration: a small crisp bead of colored sugar used to decorate cookies and other confectionery
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3. U.S. food sugar-covered chocolate disk: a small disk of chocolate covered in small beads of white nonpareils
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4. printing six-point type: a size of printers' type equivalent to six point
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adjective |
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peerless: having no equal
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| [15th century. < French, "not (having) equal" < pareil "equal" < popular Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin par "equal"] |
