a) A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompensd though you were crownd / The nonpareil of beauty!
b) A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.
I believe that letters which are less than a millimetre and a half (1/17 inch) high, will finally prove injurious to the eye. How little attention has hitherto been paid to this important subject is exemplified in the fact that even oculistic journals and books frequently contain nonpareil, or letters only a millimetre (1/25 inch) high.
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