paragon

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Hrm ... the paragon is a fundamentally flawed class.

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  1. noun A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.
  2. noun An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.
  3. noun A very large spherical pearl.
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  • Rodstock was a paragon, the soul of discretion and tact. —  Loretta Chase - Lord of Scoundrels
  • Hrm ... the paragon is a fundamentally flawed class. —  The Unofficial GuildWars Site
  • In a build like that the paragon is still at least on par with other classes and balanced builds ... —  The Unofficial GuildWars Site
  • Having a paragon is really a value-added component that has no hard and fast influence on any other defining aspect of the game. —  Peter Bodo's TennisWorld
  • Ah, the ant -- paragon of industry and efficiency. —  The Point
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  1. Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare, to test on a touchstone, perhaps from Greek parakonān, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para-1 + akonē, whetstone; see ak- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French paragon, French parangon = Italian paragone, paragon (parangone, a kind of type), from Old Spanish paragon, Spanish parangon, a model, paragon, (paracon, in comparison with: para, for, to, toward (Old Spanish pora, from Latin pro, for, + ad, to); con, with, from Latin cum, with.
  2. from Old French paragonner, French parangonner = Spanish paragonar, parangonar = Italian paragonare; from the noun.
 

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