NONPAREIL

matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled

(adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison; “matchless beauty”; “the team’s nonpareil center fielder”; “she’s one girl in a million”; “the one and only Muhammad Ali”; “a peerless scholar”; “infamy unmatched in the Western world”; “wrote with unmatchable clarity”; “unrivaled mastery of her art”

nonpareil

(noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

nonpareil

(noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch

(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

nonpareil (comparative more nonpareil, superlative most nonpareil)

Unequalled, unrivalled; unique. [from 15th c.]

Noun

nonpareil (countable and uncountable, plural nonpareils)

A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon. [from 16th c.]

(cooking, US) A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.

Synonyms: hundreds and thousands (UK), sprinkles (US)

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

A smaller grade of caper.

(uncountable, dated, printing) The size of type between agate and minion, standardized as 6-point.

Synonym: nonpareille (Continental contexts)

Anagrams

• plane iron

Source: Wiktionary

Non`pa*reil", n. Etym: [See Nonpareil, a. ]

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

2. Etym: [F. nonpareille.] (Print.)

Definition: A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

Note: This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) A beautifully colored 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. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus.

Non`pa*reil", a. Etym: [F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer.]

Definition: Having no equal; peerless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition