non-pareil
non-pareil is the alternative form of nonpareil.
Meaning of nonpareil
Noun
nonpareil (countable and uncountable, plural nonpareils)
- 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!c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- 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.
- In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.
- A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.
- In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.
- Any of various types of small sweets.
Forms of non-pareil
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Questions about non-pareil
- What is non-pareil the alternative form of?
- Non-pareil is the alternative form of nonpareil.
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