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Word: Paragon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from obsolete French, from Italian paragone ‘touchstone to try good (gold) from bad’, from medieval Greek parakonē ‘whetstone’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈparəɡ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality
Short Definition:person or thing regarded as perfect example of particular quality
Examples:- it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous
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