nonpareil
(frequently, postpositive) Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(frequently, postpositive) 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.
Origin: From Late , from , nonpareil (obsolete), from non- + pareil. Pareil is derived from , from , from + -culus (a variant of -ulus). . Noun sense 4 (size of type standardized at 6-point) is usually taken to derive from the attractive type cut by the brothers Giovanni and Gregorio De Gregori ('''' 1482–1503 and 1496–1527 respectively) for their 1498 edition of the divine offices in Venice; it was for a long time the smallest-sized type in use. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(countable) A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
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