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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 non·pa·reil /ˌnɑnpəˈrɛl/
 (a.)無比的;無雙的;無上的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Non·pa·reil n.
 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.
 2.  Print. A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
 Note:This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.
 3. Zool. (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States.  The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple.  Called also painted bunting and painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Non·pa·reil, a.  Having no equal; peerless.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nonpareil
      adj : eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the
            team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a
            million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless
            scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world";
            "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of
            her art" [syn: matchless, one(a), one and only(a),
             peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled]
      n 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
           equal [syn: ideal, paragon, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch,
            nonsuch]
      2: colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and
         cookies
      3: a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar