NONPAREIL
\nˌɒnpˈe͡əɹɪl], \nˌɒnpˈeəɹɪl], \n_ˌɒ_n_p_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_l]\
Definitions of NONPAREIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
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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.
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Any other similar bird of the same genus.
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Having no equal; peerless.
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Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; - often used as a name.
By Oddity Software
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A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
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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.
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Any other similar bird of the same genus.
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Having no equal; peerless.
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Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; - often used as a name.
By Noah Webster.
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Without an equal; peerless.
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A person or thing of unequaled excellence; one of several kinds of birds, especially the finch.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A person or thing without an equal: unequalled excellence: a rich kind of apple: a small printing type.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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