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nonpareils

nonpareils is the plural of nonpareil.

Meaning of nonpareil

Noun

nonpareil (countable and uncountable, plural nonpareils)

  1. (countable) 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...
  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. (Australia, archaic) In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.
  4. (US) A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.
  5. (archaic) In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.
  6. (US, archaic) Any of various types of small sweets.

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Questions about nonpareils

What is nonpareils the plural of?
Nonpareils is the plural of nonpareil.

Words near nonpareils in the dictionary

  1. nonparasitological
  2. nonparaxial
  3. nonparaxiality
  4. nonpareil
  5. nonpareille
  6. nonpareils
  7. nonparenchymal
  8. nonparenchymatous
  9. nonparent
  10. nonparental
  11. nonparenteral

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