paragon

(păr'ə-gŏn', -gən)
n.

1. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.
2. 1. An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.
   2. A very large spherical pearl.
3. Printing. A type size of 20 points.

tr.v., -goned, -gon·ing, -gons.

1. To compare; parallel.
2. To equal; match.

[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.]

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noun

A person or thing so excellent as to have no equal or match: nonesuch, nonpareil, phoenix. See good/bad.

IN BRIEF: A model of excellence.

The very paragon of genius, Albert Einstein, couldn't be persuaded to give quantum physics his unreserved endorsement. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, famous for his theories of relativity.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mønster, rival, sammenligning, diamant på 600 karat eller mere
v. tr. - sammenligne, overgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
toonbeeld, paragon (diamant), vergelijken, evenaren

Français (French)
n. - modèle
v. tr. - mettre en parallèle, assortir, tester sur une pierre de touche

Deutsch (German)
n. - (zur Nachahmung empfohlenes) Muster, (Druckw.) Typengröße 20, besonders große Perle
v. - vergleichen, rivalisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιδεώδες) πρότυπο, υπόδειγμα, ασυναγώνιστος

Italiano (Italian)
paragone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - modelo de excelência (m), pérola de valor inestimável (f)

Русский (Russian)
образец

Español (Spanish)
n. - ejemplo, modelo, dechado, diamante sin defecto
v. tr. - comparar, rivalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förebild, dygdemönster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
模范, 完美之物, 优秀之人, 把...作比较, 使比得上, 胜过, 把...视作典范, 作为...的典范

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 模範, 完美之物, 優秀之人
v. tr. - 把...作比較, 使比得上, 勝過, 把...視作典範, 作為...的典範

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모범, 100 캐럿 이상의 완전한 금강석
v. tr. - 비교하다, 모범으로 삼다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 模範, 典型

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مثال, نموذج, ماسه, مثاليه أو بالغه حد الكمال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם מושלם, מופת, יהלום בן לפחות 001 קאראט‬
v. tr. - ‮השווה, השתווה עם‬

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