1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a
nonesuch; -- often used as a name.
2. [F. nonpareille.] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion
and next larger than agate (or ruby).
This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.
3. (Zoöl.) (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 finch. (b) Any other similar
bird of the same genus.
Non`pa*reil", a. [F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus,
dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer.] Having no equal;
peerless.
Non*pay"ment, n. Neglect or failure to pay.
Non`per*form"ance, n. Neglect or failure to perform.
Non*pho`to*bi*ot"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of living without light;
as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in
darkness.
Non`plane" (?), a. (Math.) Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain
curves.
Non"plus (?), n. [L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural.] A state
or condition which baffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable
difficulty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human
understanding.
South.
Non"plus` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplused (?) or Nonplussed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.] To puzzle; to confound; to
perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was
that he endeavored to prove.
Spectator.
Non*prep`a*ra"tion (?), n. Neglect or failure to prepare; want of
preparation.
Non*pres`en*ta"tion (?), n. Neglect or failure to present; state of not
being presented.
Non`pro*duc"tion, n. A failure to produce or exhibit.
Non`pro*fes"sion*al (?), a. Not belonging to a profession; not done by,
or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
Non`pro*fi"cien*cy (?), n. Want of proficiency; failure to make
progress.
Non`pro*fi"cient (?), n. One who has failed to become proficient.
Non" pros.` (&?;). An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.
Non`-pros" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonprossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Non-prossing (?).] To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be
dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who
fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
||Non" pro*seq"ui*tur (?). [L. he does not prosecute.] (Law) A judgment
||entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to
||prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.
Non`re*cur"rent (?), a. Not recurring.
Non`re*cur"ring (?), a. Nonrecurrent.
Non`re*gard"ance (?), n. Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.]
Shak.
Non`re"gent (?), n. (Eng. Universities) A master of arts whose regency
has ceased. See Regent.
Non`ren*di"tion (?), n. Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is
due.
The nonrendition of a service which is due.
S. E. Dwight.
Non`re*sem"blance (?), n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness;
dissimilarity.
Non*res"i*dence (?), n. The state or condition of being nonresident,
Swift.
Non*res"i*dent (?), a. Not residing in a particular place, on one's own
estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or
proprietor of lands.
Non*res"i*dent, n. A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the
State or jurisdiction.
Non`re*sist"ance (?), n. The principles or practice of a nonresistant;
passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or
violence without opposition.
Non`re*sist"ant (?), a. Making no resistance.
Non`re*sist"ant, n. One who maintains that no resistance should be made
to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised;
one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds
that violence should never be resisted by force.
Non`re*sist"ing, a. Not making resistance.
Non*ru"mi*nant (?), a. Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.
Non`sane" (?), a. Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.
Blackstone.