nonpareil
having no equal; peerless.
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.
Printing.
a 6-point type.
a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
Origin of nonpareil
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How to use nonpareil in a sentence
It was the custom then to cry, Chase some oranges, chase some nonpareils, chase a bill of the play?
Haunted London | Walter ThornburyThe width of initials is very likely to make text lines after them of odd length rather than even picas or nonpareils.
Typesetting | A. A. StewartTaunton has long been famous for its Nonpareils, which are there produced in great excellence and abundance.
It will keep six weeks in perfection, and is an excellent intermediate fruit, between the summer and winter Nonpareils.
British Pomology | Robert HoggIt seems to have become a favorite type with Shakespeare, who calls many of his lady characters "Nonpareils."
The Shakespearean Myth | Appleton Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for nonpareil
/ (ˈnɒnpərəl, ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl) /
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
having no match or equal; peerless
Origin of nonpareil
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