/non'peuh rel"/ , adj.
1. having no equal; peerless.
n.
2. a person or thing having no equal.
3. a small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
4. a flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
5. See painted bunting .
6. Print.
a. a 6-point type.
b. a slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
[ 1400-50; late ME nonparaille nonpareil, equiv. to non- NON- + pareil equal pariculum (L pari- (s. of par ) equal + -culum -CULE 1 ) ]
Syn. 1. unparalleled. 2. nonesuch.
Ant. 1. ordinary.