The most perfect or utmost degree; the height or extreme of a quality, condition, faculty, etc. In early use also: †the most perfect performance or…
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| 释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection (26) perfection1340 The most perfect or utmost degree; the height or extreme of a quality, condition, faculty, etc. In early use also: †the most perfect performance or… pointc1400 figurative. The highest degree, summit, or acme of something; the chief or most refined example or instance. Obsolete. pinnaclec1450 figurative. The highest point, pitch, or summit of achievement, success, etc.; the acme or climax. Also: †a perfect embodiment or exemplar of… firmament1526 transferred and figurative. tipe1548 figurative. The summit, acme, or highest point (of honour, dignity, or other state). Cf. tip, n.1 1b. vertical point1559 Of or pertaining to, placed or situated at, passing through, the vertex or zenith; occupying a position… = vertex, n. 2. Also figurative, the… acmea1568 The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or… status1577 The physical height of a person or thing; = stature, n. 1. Also figurative: the highest degree or acme of something. Obsolete. summity1588 figurative. The highest attainable point of achievement, success, development, etc.; = summit, n. 3. sublimation1591 Something which has been transformed into a higher, nobler, or more refined state; the purest or most concentrated product of, the quintessence; the… turret1593 figurative. Highest point or position, height, acme. Obsolete. topgallant1597 figurative. The highest point or pitch; summit. non ultra?1606 A furthest point or limit; = ne plus ultra, n. 1a. vertical1611 The vertical point; the vertex or zenith. In quots. figurative. Obsolete. non plus ultra1647 The highest point or culmination (of). Cf. ne plus ultra, n. 1. ne ultraa1657 = ne plus ultra, n. verticle1658 A vertebra. summit1661 figurative. The highest attainable point of achievement, success, development, etc.; the acme. Cf. pinnacle, n. 3. ne plus ultra1664 A peak of perfection; the pinnacle of achievement; the acme, paragon, or final culmination (of a quality or thing). ne plus1665 = ne plus ultra, n. nonplus1670 = non plus ultra, n. Obsolete. rare. tip-top1702 figurative. Highest pitch or degree; extreme height; acme. pink1720 figurative. Usually with the. The most perfect condition or degree of something; the highest or most desirable state. in the pink (colloquial): in… sublime1748 With the: the highest degree of; the height of; the acme. Now rare. eminencea1854 The highest development, the ‘flower’. it1896 Originally U.S. In emphatic predicative use: the actual or very thing required or expected; that beyond which one cannot go; the acme. |
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