[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:
mid 16th century: from obsolete French, from Italian paragone ‘touchstone to try good (gold) from bad’, from medieval Greek parakonē ‘whetstone’