Meaning of Paragon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
2. A companion; a match; an equal.
   obsolete
3. Comparison; competition.
   obsolete
4. The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
   dated
5. A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.

Equivalents

Examples

“In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.”

“What a piece of worke is man! how Noble in Reaſon? […] the beauty of the world, the Parragon of Animals;”

“That thou might'st cherish for thine own / The riches of sweet Mary's son, / Boy-Rabbi, Israel's paragon.”

“Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.”

“Liz Cheney and her father are positioning themselves as protectors of the old order, as paragons of truth and as defenders of our American norms.”

“A paragon must embody liberal democracy. To get its hands dirty defending it is below-stairs.”

“Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister”

The New Arcadia

“Nathlesse proud man himselfe the other deemed, Having so peerlesse paragon ygot”

“good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone […].”

“The "Koh-i-noor," or "Mountain of Light," is the eighth and smallest of these paragon diamonds (all diamonds weighing over a hundred carats are called Paragon); but it was originally the largest diamond ever known, weighing uncut 900 carats. . . this matchless gem of 900 carats which once belonged to the Great Mogul, and was the very paragon of paragons.”

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