Nonpareil

  • 11nonpareil — index exemplar, outstanding (prominent), paragon, phenomenon (unusual occurrence), primary, prime (most valuable) …

    Law dictionary

  • 12nonpareil — *paragon, apotheosis, nonesuch …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13nonpareil — meaning ‘something or someone unrivalled or unique’, is most commonly pronounced non pǝ rayl, although other pronunciations are also heard …

    Modern English usage

  • 14nonpareil — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unrivalled. ► NOUN ▪ an unrivalled person or thing. ORIGIN French, not equal …

    English terms dictionary

  • 15nonpareil — [nän΄pə rel′] adj. [Fr < non, not + pareil, equal < VL * pariculus, dim. of L par, equal, PAR1] unequaled; unrivaled; peerless n. 1. someone or something unequaled or unrivaled ☆ 2. PAINTED BUNTING 3 …

    English World dictionary

  • 16nonpareil — noun a) A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon. My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompensd though you were crownd / The nonpareil of beauty! b) A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods… …

    Wiktionary

  • 17nonpareil — Нонпарель (Nonpareil)     Шрифт, кегль [высота шрифта, размер] которого равен 6 пунктам (nonpareil2,11 мм в системе pica [англо американская единица размера шрифта]; nonpareil2,25 мм в системе Дидо [европейская единица размера шрифта]).… …

    Шрифтовая терминология

  • 18nonpareil — noun 1 nonpareils (plural) AmE very small pieces of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes 2 (C) AmE a piece of chocolate covered with nonpareils 3 (singular) literary someone or something that is much better than all the others: reviews by film… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19nonpareil — 1. adjective a nonpareil storyteller Syn: incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unparalleled, unequaled, peerless, beyond compare, second to none, unsurpassed, unbeatable, inimitable; unique, consummate, superlative, supreme; formal unexampled Ant …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 20NONPAREIL — EILLE. adj. Qui excelle par dessus tous les autres, qui est sans pareil, sans égal. Un mérite nonpareil. Une vertu nonpareille. Sa grâce nonpareille. Il est peu usité …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)