paragon

paragon

englanti

  1. perikuva, esikuva

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paragon

  1. ihanne, ideaali, esikuva, idoli, täydellistymä, arvioimisperuste, mittapuu, erinomainen, ihanteellinen, roolimalli, perikuva, ihannekuva, pyhimys, vertaistaan vailla oleva, vertaistaan vailla, huipputeko.

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esikuva

perikuva A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model of some given (especially positive) quality. (defdate)

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

Shakespeare
Man, (..) the paragon of animals!
Emerson
The riches of sweet Mary's son, / Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon.
(quote-journal) (Sport)|date=21 October 2014|passage=Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of w:Oscar Pistorius|Oscar Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
puhekieltä A companion; a match; an equal. (defdate)
Sir Philip Sidney
Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister

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puhekieltä comparison Comparison; competition. (defdate)
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone ....
puhekieltä The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. (defdate)
A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
To compare with; to equal; to rival.
Glover
In arms anon to paragon the morn, / The morn new rising.
To serve as a model for; to surpass.
He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description and wild fame.
To be equal; to hold comparison.
A receipt, sales slip.
receipt (written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received)

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