Nonpareil

(nŏn'pa-rĕl'), n. [See infra.]

1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person.
2. Hence, specifically, (a.) A sort of apple. (b.) [Fr. nonpareille.] A sort of printing type quite small, and the smallest now used except three, namely, ruby, pearl, and diamond.

☞ This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. (c.) A small sugar-plum. Simmonds. (d.) A kind of narrow ribbon. Simmonds.