单词 | perfectionation |
释义 | perfectionationn. rare. The action of bringing to perfection; perfecting; the fact of being made perfect. In later use also (humorously) perfection. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > bringing to perfection perfectinga1513 perfectioning1548 sublimation1599 perfectionating1695 perfectionizing1808 perfectionation1812 perfectionment1827 perfectation1832 perfectionizement1844 sublimification1886 1812 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1813) XVI. 358 The new System of Anti-mnemonics, to the perfectionation of which the Chevalier has devoted the last fifty years of a long life. 1840 J. S. Blackie in A. M. Stoddart John Stuart Blackie (1895) I. viii. 194 The law of the universe is Perfectionation—that is to say, progression from bad to good..and from better to best. 1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 2 Oct. c14 It was one of those miraculous nights when Jupiter and Mars collided, raining..perfectionation on the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1812 |
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