Word of the Day 04/07/22 Nonpareil
Nonpareil (adjective, noun)
nonpareil [ non-puh-rel ]
adjective
1. having no equal; peerless.
noun
2. a person or thing having no equal.
3. a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
4. a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
5. painted bunting.
6. Printing.
a. a 6-point type.
b. a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
WORDS RELATED TO NONPAREIL
ideal, model, oner
See synonyms for nonpareil on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR NONPAREIL
1. unparalleled.
2. nonesuch.
OPPOSITES FOR NONPAREIL
1. ordinary.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English nonparaille < Middle French nonpareil, equivalent to non-non- + pareil equal < Vulgar Latin *pariculum (Latin pari- (stem of pār) equal + -culum-cule)
HOW TO USE NONPAREIL IN A SENTENCE
This is a test of whether public television can support a show like this as it does its nonpareil documentary series, Frontline.
THE TWO BEST NEWSCASTS YOU AREN'T WATCHING|PETER OSNOS|MARCH 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What high person would not keep for himself, to say nothing of eating, some fraction of such a Nonpareil?
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)|THOMAS CARLYLE
The 'Nonpareil Speaker' will be welcomed by parents and teachers for the fresh material graded for all ages.
THE BLUE JAR STORY BOOK|MARIA EDGEWORTH
This fruit has been thought to resemble the Ohio Nonpareil, but I think it is different.
AMERICAN POMOLOGY|J. A. WARDER
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
nonpareil [ non-puh-rel ]
adjective
1. having no equal; peerless.
noun
2. a person or thing having no equal.
3. a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
4. a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
5. painted bunting.
6. Printing.
a. a 6-point type.
b. a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
WORDS RELATED TO NONPAREIL
ideal, model, oner
See synonyms for nonpareil on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR NONPAREIL
1. unparalleled.
2. nonesuch.
OPPOSITES FOR NONPAREIL
1. ordinary.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English nonparaille < Middle French nonpareil, equivalent to non-non- + pareil equal < Vulgar Latin *pariculum (Latin pari- (stem of pār) equal + -culum-cule)
HOW TO USE NONPAREIL IN A SENTENCE
This is a test of whether public television can support a show like this as it does its nonpareil documentary series, Frontline.
THE TWO BEST NEWSCASTS YOU AREN'T WATCHING|PETER OSNOS|MARCH 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What high person would not keep for himself, to say nothing of eating, some fraction of such a Nonpareil?
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. VII. (OF XXI.)|THOMAS CARLYLE
The 'Nonpareil Speaker' will be welcomed by parents and teachers for the fresh material graded for all ages.
THE BLUE JAR STORY BOOK|MARIA EDGEWORTH
This fruit has been thought to resemble the Ohio Nonpareil, but I think it is different.
AMERICAN POMOLOGY|J. A. WARDER
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.