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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.
  2. n. An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.
  3. n. A very large spherical pearl.
  4. n. Printing A type size of 20 points.
  5. v. To compare; parallel.
  6. v. To equal; match.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A model or pattern; especially, a model or pattern of special excellence or perfection.
  2. n. A companion; fellow; mate.
  3. n. A rival.
  4. n. Rivalry; emulation; hence, comparison; a test of excellence or superiority.
  5. n. A stuff, embroidered or plain, used for dress and upholstery in the seventeenth century.
  6. n. A diamond weighing more than 100 carats.
  7. n. A size of printing-type, about lines to the inch, the intermediate of the larger size double small-pica and the smaller size great-primer, equal to 20 points, and so distinguished in the new system of sizes.
  8. To compare; parallel; mention in comparison or competition.
  9. To admit comparison with; rival; equal.
  10. To go beyond; excel; surpass.
  11. To compare; pretend to comparison or equality.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
  2. v. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
  3. v. To compare with; to equal; to rival.
  4. v. To serve as a model for; to surpass.
  5. v. To be equal; to hold comparison.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A companion; a match; an equal.
  2. n. obsolete Emulation; rivalry; competition.
  3. n. A model or pattern a pattern of excellence or perfection.
  4. n. (Print.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
  5. v. obsolete To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
  6. v. rare To compare with; to equal; to rival.
  7. v. obsolete To serve as a model for; to surpass.
  8. v. rare To be equal; to hold comparison.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
  2. n. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

Etymologies

  1. From Anglo-Norman paragone, peragone, Middle French paragon, from Italian paragone ("comparison"), from paragonare, from Ancient Greek παρακονάω (parakonaō, "I sharpen, whet"), from παρά (para) + ἀκόνη (akonē, "whetstone"). (Wiktionary)
  2. 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. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (19)

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  1. companion
  2. match
  3. equal
  1. emulation
  2. rivalry
  3. competition
  1. compare
  2. parallel
  3. rival
  1. surpass
  2. nonesuch
  3. nonpareil
  1. phenix
  2. Phoenix
  3. flower
  1. pink
  2. rose
  3. queen
  1. model

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  1. epitome
  1. embodiment
  1. acme
  1. prodigy
  1. possess
  1. semblance

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  1. Aragon

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  1. gold standard
  2. icon
  1. phoenix
  2. paladin
  1. phenomenon
  2. paragon
  1. nonpareil
  2. paragonize
  1. unparagoned
  2. phenix

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  • bilby "Even his friends and business associates, men and women alike, were paragons of health: avoiders of fatty foods, moderate drinkers, health-club habitues, lovers of cross-country skiing, weekend canoe trips, and daylong hikes in the North Woods."
    - Alvin Greenberg, 'How the Dead Live'. Jun 9, 2009

  • gangerh Isn't this the prescription drug for parago? May 8, 2009

  • tonya A paragon is peerless, but to paragon something is to compare or make it equal. Aug 14, 2008

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