nonpareil

[Bailey]

non·pa·reil (nnp-rl)
adj.
Having no equal; peerless: the Yankees' nonpareil center fielder.
n.
1. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
2. See painted bunting.
3. A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar.



[Middle English nounparalle, from Old French nonpareil : non-, non- + pareil, equal (from Vulgar Latin *pariculus, diminutive of Latin pr, equal; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]

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mark who-has-nonpareil-good-thing-too Bailey

[Perry]

Your efforts this afternoon are nonpareil!

[sluggo]

A musical post, coincidentally citing two of Scott Joplin's better ragtime compositions, Nonpareil (1907) and Paragon (1909)

But somehow I can't see using nonpareil in the same sentence with Yankees...

[Bailey]

But somehow I can't see using nonpareil in the same sentence with Yankees...

Why not, I see nothing wrong with saying Southern fried chicken is nonpariel.

pssst the war is over, been for over 140 years

mark time-to-forgive/forget Bailey

while I know ol Slugger isn't one of these, there is still a lot of hatred for northerners, who afterall were just defending their status quo when attacked......(:D)

[sluggo]

But somehow I can't see using nonpareil in the same sentence with Yankees...

Why not, I see nothing wrong with saying Southern fried chicken is nonpariel.

pssst the war is over, been for over 140 years

mark time-to-forgive/forget Bailey

while I know ol Slugger isn't one of these, there is still a lot of hatred for northerners, who afterall were just defending their status quo when attacked......(:D)

To be absolutely honest, geography never entered my mind with this word.

Slug-hint: it's baseball season-go
which means forgive & forget is out of the question