pareil  noun (plural pareils) (obsolete, quaint)  An equal.

pareil  adjective  pareil (feminine pareille, masculine plural pareils, feminine plural pareilles)  like, alike, same  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pareil

Use nonpareil to describe someone or something that is beyond compare, an absolute model of perfection of a particular thing.  Jane Austen was a writer nonpareil, and James Bond a spy nonpareil.  Coming from the medieval French words non, meaning "not," and pareil, meaning "equal," so quite literally it means "not equal" or "unequaled."  Like a lot of fancy French terms adopted by the English language (e.g., "bons mots," "eminence gris"), the use of nonpareil is generally restricted to written form. 

noun  model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal colored;  beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies; a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

adjective  eminent beyond or above comparison  https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/nonpareil 

Nov. 15, 2022  Foraging for fungi may not only mean mushrooms are on the menu. New research has shown that mushroom skins could provide a biodegradable alternative to some plastics used in batteries and computer chips, making them easier to recycle.  Researchers from the Johannes Kepler University in Austria were working on flexible and stretchable electronics, with a focus on sustainable materials to replace non-degradable materials, when they made their discovery, published in the journal Science Advances.  Hafsa Khalil    https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/mushroom-skin-electrical-circuits-scn-scli-intl/index.html

Kitchen Sink School  This term was coined by art critic David Sylvester in 1954 and referred to a group of British social realist painters popular in mid-1950's who focused their work deliberately on the unglamorous.  Sylvester described the artists as painting 'everything except the kitchen sink, no, the kitchen sink too'.  Their pictures were populated with drab everyday objects depicting British post-war austerity, notably interior scenes of domestic clutter and detritus.  These included commonplace subject matter of daily life like cluttered kitchens, backyards and slum tenements.  https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/movements/kitchen-sink-school

‘Let sleeping dogs lie' means avoid interfering in a situation which is currently stable.  'Let sleeping dogs lie' derives from the long-standing observation that dogs are often unpredictable when they are suddenly disturbed.  Geoffrey Chaucer was one of the first to put this notion into print, in Troilus and Criseyde, circa 1380, although the belief itself may well be much older:  "It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake."  The expression may have started as a warning about the risk of waking a potentially dangerous animal, but it later turned metaphorical.  By the time it became established as a proverb its meaning had 'leave well alone', or as we might have it in the 21st century, "if it ain't broke don't fix it".  https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/let-sleeping-dogs-lie.html  © Gary Martin 

George Newall (1934-2022) studied musical composition in school before going to work at an ad agency.  This combination of interests helped him become a driving force behind “Schoolhouse Rock.”  While working as a creative director at the ad agency McCaffrey and McCall, Newall was asked to come up with a project setting education topics to rock music.  Along with co-creators Bob Dorough (1923–2018) and Tom Yohe, Newall invented “Schoolhouse Rock,” launching the series in 1971.  Newall wrote the music and lyrics to several “Schoolhouse Rock” tunes, including “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “The Energy Blues.”  The series ran through the 1970s and early ‘80s, and Newall helped revive it for new stints in the 1990s and 2000s.  He won four Emmy Awards for his work with “Schoolhouse Rock.”  Newall died Nov. 30, 2022.  Linnea Crowther  https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/george-newall-1934-2022-schoolhouse-rock-co-creator/

bibliophagist  (bib-lee-AH-fuh-jist)  noun  One who loves to read books; a bookworm. From Greek biblio- (book) + -phage (one who eats).  Earliest documented use:  1881. Another form of the word is bibliophage.  A.Word.A.Day

Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work. - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (12 Dec 1821-1880)  A.Word.A.Day 

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