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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary par·a·gon
\\ˈper-ə-ˌgän, -gən, ˈpa-rə-\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Old Italian paragone, literally, touchstone, from paragonare to test on a touchstone, from Greek parakonan to sharpen, from para- + akonē whetstone, from akēpoint; akin to Greek akmē point — more at edge DATE circa 1548 : a model of excellence or perfection
transitive verb DATE circa 1586 1. to compare with : parallel 2. to put in rivalry : match 3. obsolete : surpass English Etymology paragon 1548, from M.Fr . paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c.), from It. paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (c.1324), from paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Gk.parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from para- "on the side" + akone"whetstone," from PIE base *ak- "be pointed."http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 paragon para·gon / 5pArE^En; NAmE -^B:n / noun a person who is perfect or who is a perfect example of a particular good quality 完人；典范: I make no claim to be a paragon. 我没有说过自己是完人。 He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had expected. 他不是她想像中的那种美德典范。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged par·a·gon I. \ˈparəˌgän also ˈper- or -_gən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian paragone, literally, touchstone, from paragonare to compare, test on a touchstone, from Greek parakonan to rub against, sharpen, from par- para- (I) + akonan to sharpen, from akonē whetstone, from akē point — more at edge 1. : a model of excellence or perfection : pattern < a paragon of beauty > < a paragon of eloquence > < a paragon of virtue > < these fictional paragons, whose unalloyed happiness depends upon the determination to grin and bear it — W.F.Hambly > < the handsome … factory, a paragon in its day — Lewis Mumford > < the French court … the paragon of all the lesser courts — Walter Lippmann > 2. archaic a. : companion , mate b. : rival 3. obsolete : emulation , rivalry , competition 4. obsolete : a clothing and upholstery fabric of the 17th and 18th centuries similar to camlet 5. a. : a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more b. : a perfectly spherical pearl of exceptional size 6. : a black marble 7. : an old size of type of approximately 20 point and slightly larger than great primer II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French paragonner, from paragon, n. 1. : to compare with : parallel 2. : to put in rivalry 3. obsolete : surpass < a maid that paragons description — Shakespeare > |
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