paragon (redirected from paragoning)

par·a·gon  (pr-gn, -gn)

n.

1. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.

2.

a. An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.

b. A very large spherical pearl.

3. Printing A type size of 20 points.

tr.v. par·a·goned, par·a·gon·ing, par·a·gons

1. To compare; parallel.

2. To equal; match.

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[Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare, to test on a touchstone, perhaps from Greek parakonn, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para-¹ + akon, whetstone; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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paragon

Noun

a model of perfection: a paragon of female integrity and determination [Old Italian paragone comparison]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paragon - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept beau ideal, perfection, idol ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain gold standard - a paragon of excellence; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged"
	2.	paragon - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, saint crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; "a humdinger of a secretary"

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paragon

noun model, standard, pattern, ideal, criterion, norm, jewel, masterpiece, prototype, paradigm, archetype, epitome, exemplar, apotheosis, quintessence, nonesuch (archaic) nonpareil, best or greatest thing since sliced bread (informal) cynosure

Translations

paragon [ˈpærəgən] n → modelo

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paragon [ˈpærəgən] n → parangon m

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paragon [ˈpærəgən] n a paragon of (honesty, virtue etc) → ein Muster nt an +dat

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paragon [ˈpærəgən] n → modello di perfezione or di virtù

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paragon

n paragon [ˈpӕrəgən, (American ) -gon]

a perfect example of a good quality etc She is a paragon of virtue. toonbeeld مَثَل أعْلى، قُدْوَه образец vzor forbillede das Muster υπόδειγμα dechado, modelo musternäidis نمونه عالی perikuva modèle מוֹפֶת आदर्श uzor,uzoran čovjek minta(kép) teladan fyrirmynd modello 模範 모범, 전형 pavyzdys, įsikūnijimas paraugs, etalons contoh yg unggul toonbeeld mønster wzór exemplo model образец vzor vzor uzor mönster, förebild ตัวอย่างดีเลิศ örnek kimse 模范 зразок کمال، خوبيوں کا مجموعہ mẫu mực 模范