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peerless

adjective

  1. superior to all others
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English pereles, perles; equivalent to peer + -less.

  1. Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best.

    Let's after him, / Whoſe care is gone before, to bid vs welcome: / It is a peerleſſe Kinſman.

    Having now seen himself mistaken in supposing Elfride to be peerless, nothing on earth could make him believe she was not so very bad after all.