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adjective:
1. Having no equal; peerless.
2. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person.
3. A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar.

Nonpareil comes from Old French, from non, “not” + pareil, “equal,” from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin par, “equal.”

I had to add this word. I just love a word that has a legitimate meaning as an adjective, but also, hello, is a candy. It would be cool to add a candy definition to other words, like pesky (”Oh, you must try one of these peskies!”) or dulcet (”I just got this recipe for dulcets and they are to die for!”) or…..?

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