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nonpareil
UK /nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/ US /ˌnɑnpəˈɹɛl/
noun 5adj 1
Collocations
2NONPAREIL + NOUN
beauty, cotton, hotel, swab
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.
He informed the clerk that he would remain three or four days, inquired concerning the sailing of European steamships, and sank into the blissful inanition of the nonpareil hotel with the contented air of a traveller in his favorite inn.
A veritable artist, possessed of a deftness nonpareil with cotton swab and evacuation-hypo, the medical attaché is known among the shrinking upper classes of petro-Arab nations as the DeBakey of maxillofacial yeast […]
noun
1
A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompens'd though you were crown'd / The nonpareil of beauty!
King John of France, once prisoner in England, came […] to see the Countess of Salisbury, the nonpareil of those times, and his dear mistress.
2
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.
3
In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.
4
A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.
5
In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — model of excellence or perfection of a kind
adjective — eminent beyond or above comparison
- matchless
- peerless
- unmatched
- unmatchable
- unrivaled
- unrivalled
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He informed the clerk that he would remain three or four days, inquired concerning the sailing of European steamships, and sank into the blissful inanition of the nonpareil hotel with the contented ai
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A veritable artist, possessed of a deftness nonpareil with cotton swab and evacuation-hypo, the medical attaché is known among the shrinking upper classes of petro-Arab nations as the DeBakey of maxil
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[…]the series stars Samantha Morton as Margaret Wells, a London brothel owner; Ms. Brown Findlay as Charlotte, her older daughter and the city’s courtesan nonpareil; […]
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My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompens'd though you were crown'd / The nonpareil of beauty!
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King John of France, once prisoner in England, came […] to see the Countess of Salisbury, the nonpareil of those times, and his dear mistress.
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(a wren) crept or crawled, just like a true tree-creeper. I was, as I say, quite close, and watched it most attentively. It certainly—as far as good looking can settle it—did not assist itself with th
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