Definitions of nonpareil - OneLook
▸ adjective: (frequently postpositive) Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.
▸ noun: (countable) A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
▸ noun: (countable, biology)
▸ noun: The blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), a species of moth distributed across the Palearctic; also (obsolete) any of a number of moths of other species.
▸ noun: (chiefly Australia, archaic) In full nonpareil parrot: the eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius), a species of rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.
▸ noun: (chiefly US) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.
▸ noun: (archaic) In full nonpareil apple: a variety of apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.
▸ noun: (countable, chiefly US, cooking)
▸ noun: (archaic) Any of various types of small sweets.
▸ noun: (by extension, dated) A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.
▸ noun: (by extension) A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.
▸ noun: (by extension) A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size.
▸ noun: (uncountable, typography, chiefly historical) The size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.unmatched, peerless, nonesuch, incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unmatchable, one and only, nonsuch, uncomparable, more...
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