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paragon
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[ˈparəɡ(ə)n], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality
(e.g: it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous)
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Origin
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mid 16th century: from obsolete French, from Italian paragone ‘touchstone to try good (gold) from bad’, from medieval Greek parakonē ‘whetstone’
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