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par·a·gon
I. \ˈparəˌgän also ˈper- or -_gən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian paragone, literally, touchstone, from paragonare to compare, test on a touchstone, from Greek parakonan to rub against, sharpen, from par- para- (I) + akonan to sharpen, from akonē whetstone, from akē point — more at edge
1. : a model of excellence or perfection : pattern
< a paragon of beauty >
< a paragon of eloquence >
< a paragon of virtue >
< these fictional paragons, whose unalloyed happiness depends upon the determination to grin and bear it — W.F.Hambly >
< the handsome … factory, a paragon in its day — Lewis Mumford >
< the French court … the paragon of all the lesser courts — Walter Lippmann >
2. archaic
a. : companion, mate
b. : rival
3. obsolete : emulation, rivalry, competition
4. obsolete : a clothing and upholstery fabric of the 17th and 18th centuries similar to camlet
5.
a. : a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more
b. : a perfectly spherical pearl of exceptional size
6. : a black marble
7. : an old size of type of approximately 20 point and slightly larger than great primer
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French paragonner, from paragon, n.
1. : to compare with : parallel
2. : to put in rivalry
3. obsolete : surpass
< a maid that paragons description — Shakespeare > |