paragon
paragon
Definition
para·gon (par′ə gän′, -gən)
noun
- a model or pattern of perfection or excellence
- a perfect diamond weighing a hundred carats or more
- a large, perfectly round pearl
Etymology: MFr (Fr parangon) < It paragone, a comparison, test, lit., touchstone < paragonare, to test, compare < Gr parakonan, to whet < para-, para- + akonē, whetstone: for IE base see acid
transitive verb
- Old Poet.
- to put side by side; compare
- to be equal to; match
- Obsolete to surpass
paragon
Synonyms
paragon
Usage Examples
Object
- art: Paragon Martial Arts are dedicated to your total satisfaction.
Converse of object
- become: The third, and most interesting, group are those who are rescued by AA, going on to become paragons of sobriety.
- have: Being competitive having louisiana paragon formerly commenting on pending the tables.
- seem: Linda Wain investigates The rise in oil prices over the past six years makes UK house price inflation seem a paragon of stability.
- use: Waters ought to be used a paragon in all creative writing classes.
Adjective modifier
- such: It is also argued that such paragons are hard to find, and indeed would probably only come from competitors.
- moral: Skydivers do like to drink and party and are not always moral paragons, but that hardly makes them exceptional.
Modifies a noun
- mortgage: Paragon Mortgages is the UK's leading provider of residential buy to let mortgages.
- kit: The latest Paragon kit comes in a double kick set up and the photos show the Rain Forest Sparkle fade finish.
Noun used with modifier
- louisiana: Planner program the to us quot louisiana paragon formerly also known for.
Preposition: of
- virtue: This paragon of virtue had lived in the shelter of the Army nearly all his life.
- democracy: It said that, tho presented as " a paragon of democracy, " the US electoral system is actually manipulated by the rich.
- excellence: If you want to produce a shining paragon of journalistic excellence, it will take time.
- beauty: He was immoderately fond of women, and Miss Cunegonde appeared in his eyes a paragon of beauty.
- animal: The paragon of animals; the beauty of the world.
- integrity: The Growth of Corruption Mozambique was widely seen as a paragon of integrity in the late 1970s.
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