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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "無儔"
},
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "ylivertainen"
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "hors de pair"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "sans égal"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "sans pareil"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "unerreicht"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "impareggiabile"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bihal dega eomneun",
"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "비할 데가 없는"
},
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "incomparável"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
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"sense": "unequalled, unrivalled — see also unequalled, unique, unrivalled",
"word": "бесподо́бный"
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"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia."
],
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"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"eastern rosella",
"eastern rosella"
],
[
"Platycercus eximius",
"Platycercus eximius#Translingual"
],
[
"rosella",
"rosella"
],
[
"parrot",
"parrot#Noun"
],
[
"native",
"native#Adjective"
],
[
"southeastern",
"southeastern"
],
[
"Australia",
"Australia"
]
],
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"(countable, biology)",
"(chiefly Australia, archaic) In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia."
],
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"Australia",
"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biology",
"orig": "en:Biology",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 2 7 9 18 7 7 16 5 6 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 10 17 14 12 6 10 3 3 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 1 7 15 19 9 5 8 4 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 2 6 21 18 7 5 7 3 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 1 5 10 14 8 10 10 7 12 16",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Apple cultivars",
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"Fruits",
"Pome fruits",
"Foods",
"Plants",
"Rose family plants",
"Shrubs",
"Trees",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Lifeforms",
"Rosales order plants",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 6 15 26 9 3 6 2 2 18",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
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"Perching birds",
"Birds",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 14 15 18 7 3 5 2 2 20",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Noctuoid moths",
"orig": "en:Noctuoid moths",
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"Moths",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 1 6 14 24 7 4 6 2 3 23",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Parrots",
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"parents": [
"Birds",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 1 5 9 11 7 11 12 8 13 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cakes and pastries",
"orig": "en:Cakes and pastries",
"parents": [
"Desserts",
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America."
],
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[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"painted bunting",
"painted bunting"
],
[
"brightly",
"brightly"
],
[
"coloured",
"coloured#Adjective"
],
[
"finch",
"finch"
],
[
"North America",
"North America"
]
],
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"(countable, biology)",
"(chiefly US) A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Biology",
"orig": "en:Biology",
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"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 10 17 14 12 6 10 3 3 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit."
],
"id": "en-nonpareil-en-noun-dlco4Ic5",
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"apple",
"apple"
],
[
"tasting",
"taste#Verb"
],
[
"sweet",
"sweet#Adjective"
],
[
"tart",
"tart#Adjective"
],
[
"ripen",
"ripen"
],
[
"late",
"late#Adverb"
],
[
"season",
"season#Noun"
],
[
"tree",
"tree#Noun"
],
[
"producing",
"produce#Verb"
],
[
"fruit",
"fruit#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, biology)",
"(archaic) In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cooking",
"orig": "en:Cooking",
"parents": [
"Food and drink",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 1 5 9 11 7 11 12 8 13 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cakes and pastries",
"orig": "en:Cakes and pastries",
"parents": [
"Desserts",
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 1 4 7 10 6 19 13 6 11 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sweets",
"orig": "en:Sweets",
"parents": [
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various types of small sweets."
],
"id": "en-nonpareil-en-noun-A~p~Cg94",
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"types",
"type#Noun"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"sweets",
"sweet#Noun"
]
],
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"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(archaic) Any of various types of small sweets."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cooking",
"orig": "en:Cooking",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 2 7 9 18 7 7 16 5 6 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 1 5 10 14 8 10 10 7 12 16",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Apple cultivars",
"orig": "en:Apple cultivars",
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"Fruits",
"Pome fruits",
"Foods",
"Plants",
"Rose family plants",
"Shrubs",
"Trees",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Lifeforms",
"Rosales order plants",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 1 5 9 11 7 11 12 8 13 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cakes and pastries",
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"Desserts",
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy."
],
"id": "en-nonpareil-en-noun-3jsR8k9F",
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[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"pellet",
"pellet#Noun"
],
[
"white",
"white#Adjective"
],
[
"coloured",
"coloured#Adjective"
],
[
"sugar",
"sugar#Noun"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"decoration",
"decoration"
],
[
"baked good",
"baked good"
],
[
"candy",
"candy#Noun"
]
],
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"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(by extension, dated) A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy."
],
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{
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Britain",
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "sprinkles"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"dated",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cooking",
"orig": "en:Cooking",
"parents": [
"Food and drink",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit."
],
"id": "en-nonpareil-en-noun-DMWwxhpE",
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"flat",
"flat#Adjective"
],
[
"chocolate",
"chocolate#Adjective"
],
[
"drop",
"drop#Noun"
],
[
"covered",
"cover#Verb"
],
[
"comfit",
"comfit"
]
],
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"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(by extension) A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cooking",
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],
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},
{
"_dis": "7 1 5 10 14 8 10 10 7 12 16",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Apple cultivars",
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"Fruits",
"Pome fruits",
"Foods",
"Plants",
"Rose family plants",
"Shrubs",
"Trees",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Lifeforms",
"Rosales order plants",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 1 5 9 11 7 11 12 8 13 14",
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"langcode": "en",
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"Desserts",
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
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[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"caper",
"caper#English"
],
[
"pickled",
"pickled#Adjective"
],
[
"edible",
"edible#Adjective"
],
[
"flower",
"flower#Noun"
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[
"bud",
"bud#Noun"
],
[
"size",
"size#Noun"
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],
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"(by extension) A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Typography",
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"Writing",
"Industries",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Business",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Economics",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 2 7 9 18 7 7 16 5 6 14",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 10 17 14 12 6 10 3 3 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"_dis": "11 1 7 15 19 9 5 8 4 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "10 2 6 21 18 7 5 7 3 4 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
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"_dis": "7 1 5 10 14 8 10 10 7 12 16",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Apple cultivars",
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"Fruits",
"Pome fruits",
"Foods",
"Plants",
"Rose family plants",
"Shrubs",
"Trees",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Lifeforms",
"Rosales order plants",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 1 14 15 18 7 3 5 2 2 20",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
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"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 1 6 14 24 7 4 6 2 3 23",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
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"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"_dis": "9 1 5 9 11 7 11 12 8 13 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
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"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
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"Fundamental"
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"ref": "1881 May 19, Hermann Cohn, “Eyes and School-Books”, in Popular Science Monthly",
"text": "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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"id": "en-nonpareil-en-noun-oLyw8jXd",
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[
"typography",
"typography"
],
[
"ruby",
"ruby#Noun"
],
[
"emerald",
"emerald#Noun"
],
[
"United States",
"United States"
],
[
"agate",
"agate#Noun"
],
[
"minion",
"minion#Noun"
],
[
"standardize",
"standardize"
],
[
"point",
"point#Noun"
],
[
"slug",
"slug#Noun"
]
],
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],
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{
"english": "in European contexts",
"word": "nonpareille"
}
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nonparej"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nonparel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nonpareille"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "Nonpareille"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nompariglia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nonparelʹ",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нонпарель"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 11 70",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nompareille"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nɒm-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒnpəɹ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒnpɹ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒm-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɑnpəˈɹɛl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛl"
},
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (RP)"
}
],
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"word": "non-pareil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonparella"
},
{
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"brightly"
],
[
"coloured",
"coloured#Adjective"
],
[
"finch",
"finch"
],
[
"North America",
"North America"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, biology)",
"(chiefly US) A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"en:Biology"
],
"glosses": [
"In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit."
],
"links": [
[
"biology",
"biology"
],
[
"apple",
"apple"
],
[
"tasting",
"taste#Verb"
],
[
"sweet",
"sweet#Adjective"
],
[
"tart",
"tart#Adjective"
],
[
"ripen",
"ripen"
],
[
"late",
"late#Adverb"
],
[
"season",
"season#Noun"
],
[
"tree",
"tree#Noun"
],
[
"producing",
"produce#Verb"
],
[
"fruit",
"fruit#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, biology)",
"(archaic) In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"en:Cooking"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various types of small sweets."
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"types",
"type#Noun"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"sweets",
"sweet#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(archaic) Any of various types of small sweets."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English countable nouns",
"English dated terms",
"en:Cooking"
],
"glosses": [
"A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy."
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"pellet",
"pellet#Noun"
],
[
"white",
"white#Adjective"
],
[
"coloured",
"coloured#Adjective"
],
[
"sugar",
"sugar#Noun"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"decoration",
"decoration"
],
[
"baked good",
"baked good"
],
[
"candy",
"candy#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(by extension, dated) A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Britain",
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
"word": "hundreds and thousands"
},
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "sprinkles"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"dated",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English countable nouns",
"en:Cooking"
],
"glosses": [
"A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit."
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"flat",
"flat#Adjective"
],
[
"chocolate",
"chocolate#Adjective"
],
[
"drop",
"drop#Noun"
],
[
"covered",
"cover#Verb"
],
[
"comfit",
"comfit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(by extension) A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English countable nouns",
"en:Cooking"
],
"glosses": [
"A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size."
],
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"caper",
"caper#English"
],
[
"pickled",
"pickled#Adjective"
],
[
"edible",
"edible#Adjective"
],
[
"flower",
"flower#Noun"
],
[
"bud",
"bud#Noun"
],
[
"size",
"size#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, chiefly US, cooking)",
"(by extension) A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Typography"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1881 May 19, Hermann Cohn, “Eyes and School-Books”, in Popular Science Monthly",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size."
],
"links": [
[
"typography",
"typography"
],
[
"ruby",
"ruby#Noun"
],
[
"emerald",
"emerald#Noun"
],
[
"United States",
"United States"
],
[
"agate",
"agate#Noun"
],
[
"minion",
"minion#Noun"
],
[
"standardize",
"standardize"
],
[
"point",
"point#Noun"
],
[
"slug",
"slug#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, typography, chiefly historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "in European contexts",
"word": "nonpareille"
}
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/nɒm-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒnpəɹ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒnpɹ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɒm-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɑnpəˈɹɛl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛl"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-nonpareil.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-nonpareil.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-nonpareil.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-nonpareil.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-nonpareil.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
],
"text": "Audio (RP)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-pareil"
},
{
"word": "nonparella"
},
{
"alt": "quasi-Italian, obsolete, chiefly 17th–18th c.",
"word": "nonpareillo"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nonparej"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nonparel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nonpareille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "Nonpareille"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nompariglia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nonparelʹ",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нонпарель"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "size of type standardized at 6-point; slug of this size",
"word": "nompareille"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Giovanni and Gregorio De Gregori"
],
"word": "nonpareil"
}
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