Can you pronounce Nonpareil?
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Nonpareil
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Nonpareil
adjective 1. Having no match or equal; unrivaled.
noun 1. "An unrivaled or matchless person or thing.
(U.S.) A flat round candy made of chocolate covered with white sugar sprinkles."
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
"In my opinion, the second movie is the nonpareil of the 'Iron Man' series."
"I always indulge in a box of nonpareils when I go to the movies."
"She's a nonpareil performer when she's singing her own songs."
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French, 15th century
Why This Word?
The Latin breakdown of "nonpareil" is pretty simple: "Non" means "not," and "pareil" means "equal." The description means that the nonpareil subject is leaps and bounds better; it's so good that there can be no equal. ...
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