1. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue.2a. An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats. b. A very large spherical pearl. 3.Printing A type size of 20 points.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: par·a·goned, par·a·gon·ing, par·a·gons 1. To compare; parallel. 2. To equal; match.
ETYMOLOGY:
Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare, to test on a touchstone, perhaps from Greek parakonn, to sharpen : para-, alongside; see para–1 + akon, whetstone; see ak- in Appendix I.
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