Lexic.us

Definition of Nonpareil

1. Noun. Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.

2. Adjective. Eminent beyond or above comparison. "Unrivaled mastery of her art"

3. Noun. Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies.

4. Noun. A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar.

Definition of Nonpareil

1. n. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

2. a. Having no equal; peerless.

Definition of Nonpareil

1. Noun. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon. ¹

2. Noun. A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy. ¹

3. Noun. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) (printing) A type size; nonpareille. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonpareil

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nonpareil

1. 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; often used as a name. 2. [F. Nonpareille. A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. 3. A beautifully coloured finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch. Any other similar bird of the same genus. See: Nonpareil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonpareil

nonparameterized nonparametric nonparametric statistic nonparametric statistics nonparametrically nonparanoid nonparanoids nonparanormal nonparasite nonparasites

nonparasitic nonparasitized nonparasitological nonparaxial nonparaxiality nonpareil (current term) nonpareils nonparenchymal nonparent nonparental

nonparenthetical nonparents nonparish nonparities nonparity nonpark nonparkinsonian nonparliamentary nonparochial nonparous

Literary usage of Nonpareil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"Cattell Apple (10, of Pennsylvania 6). MYERS nonpareil (3, 7 ... OHIO nonpareil (i, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17). Ohio nonpareil (5, 13). ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"BY C. DOWNING, NEWBURGH, NT WHEN at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Exhibition in September last, the Cogswell and Ohio nonpareil apples were on ..."

3. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"nonpareil apples present a formidable list in most catalogues. ... An abundant bearer, but requires a wall Synonym, Ditton nonpareil. ..."

4. Pomologia Britannica: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Most Important ...by John Lindley by John Lindley (1841)
"nonpareil. Switzer's Fruit Gardener. Langley's Pomona, t. 79, f. 4. ... S witzer, who wrote of it in 1724, speaks thus :— " The nonpareil shall bring up the ..."

5. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of by Wesley Washington Pasko (1894)
"nonpareil.—A small type much used in book and job offices and on newspapers. ... nonpareil Brass Rule.—Brass rules cast on nonpareil body and used for ..."

6. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"The next is the Golden nonpareil, which is " in form, that of the nonpareil group ;" the Scarlet nonpareil is in "form similar to other nonpareils;" the Old ..."

7. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"The next is the Golden nonpareil, which is "in form, that of the nonpareil group;" the Scarlet nonpareil is in " form similar to other nonpareils;" the Old ..."

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