nonpareils
plural of nonpareil
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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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
