Paragon

The Paragon stigma were protected from the influence of other pollen by bagging and gave a good set of fruits. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Various Of course she was on Reginald's side in the family quarrel, although she was the paid servant of the Foreign Office paragon.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Normanparagone, peragone, Middle Frenchparagon, from Italianparagone(“comparison”) or Spanishparangón, from paragonare, from Ancient Greekπαρακονάω(parakonáō, “I sharpen, whet”), from παρά(pará) +‎ ἀκόνη(akónē, “whetstone”) (from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡən/

Noun[edit]

paragon (pluralparagons)

1. A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others. [from 16th c.]

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

   • c.1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act II, scene ii]:
   • (Can we date this quote by Emerson and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     The riches of sweet Mary's son, / Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon.

   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal. [16th–19th c.]
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Philip Sidney and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

3. (obsolete)Comparison; competition. [16th–17th c.]
   • 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 […].

4. (typography,printing,dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]
5. A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.

Synonyms[edit]

• (model):SeeThesaurus:model

Translations[edit]

Bulgarian: образе́ц(bg)m(obrazéc) Chinese: Mandarin: 典范(zh), 典範(zh)(diǎnfàn), 模范(zh), 模範(zh)(mófàn) Wu: 模范, 模範(mu¹vae²) Czech: vzor(cs)m, ten, kdo jde příklademm, ideálm Dutch: toonbeeld(nl) Finnish: perikuva(fi), esikuva(fi) French: parangon(fr) German: Vorbild(de)n, Muster(de)n, Musterbeispiel(de)n, Inbegriff(de)m, Modell(de)n, Paradebeispiel(de)n

Hebrew: מוֹפֵת‎(he)m(mofét) Indonesian: pedoman(id) Manx: ard-hampleyrm Persian: نمونه‎(fa)(nemune) Polish: wzór(pl)m Romanian: pildă(ro)f, model(ro)n, etalon(ro)n Russian: образе́ц(ru)(obrazéc) Spanish: modelo(es)m, dechado Telugu: మేలుబంతి(te)(mēlubanti) Turkish: örnek(tr)

Czech: druh(cs)m German: Gegenüber(de)n, Begleiter(de)m, Gleichgesinnter(de)m

Italian: paragone(it)m Turkish: eş(tr)

German: Vergleich(de)m, Wettbewerb(de)m, Gegenüber(de)m Italian: paragone(it)m

Spanish: parangón(es)m Turkish: denk(tr)

Chinese: Mandarin: 二十点活字(zh), 二十點活字(zh)(èrshídiǎn-huózì) Wu: 廿点活字, 廿點活字(nyae³tie² weh⁴zy³) Dutch: paragon

French: petit-parangon German: Paragon(de), Secunda Italian: paragone(it), ascendonica Spanish: gran paragon

Verb[edit]

paragon (third-person singular simple presentparagons, present participleparagoning, simple past and past participleparagoned) Scrap iron prices per ton.

1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Philip Sidney to this entry?)

2. To compare with; to equal; to rival.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

   • (Can we date this quote by Glover and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     In arms anon to paragon the morn, / The morn new rising.

3. To serve as a model for; to surpass.
   • c.1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act II, scene i]:

     He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description and wild fame.

4. To be equal; to hold comparison.

Translations[edit]

Chinese: Mandarin: 把…同…相比(zh)(bǎ … tóng … xiāngbǐ) Wu: 拿…帮…比较, 拿…幫…比較('nae¹ … paon¹ … pi²ciau³)

German: vergleichen(de), mithalten(de), ebenbürtig sein, die Stirn bieten(de) Italian: paragonare(it)

Italian: paragonare(it)

Finnish: French: parangonner(fr)

German: Vorbild sein, vorausgehen(de), modellhaft sein Turkish: örnek olmak(tr), örneklemek(tr)

German: gleichauf sein, vergleichbar sein

Further reading[edit]

• paragon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• paragon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• paragon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈparaɡon]

Noun[edit]

paragonm

1. A receipt, sales slip.

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• paragon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• paragon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish[edit]

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology[edit]

Mid 16th century: from obsolete Frenchparagon, from Italianparagone(“touchstone to try good (gold) from bad”), from Byzantine Greekπαρακόνη(parakónē, “whetstone”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.ɡɔn/

Noun[edit]

paragonminan

1. receipt (written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received)

Declension[edit]

singular	plural
nominative	paragon	paragony
genitive	paragonu	paragonów
dative	paragonowi	paragonom
accusative	paragon	paragony
instrumental	paragonem	paragonami
locative	paragonie	paragonach
vocative	paragonie	paragony

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• paragon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paragon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

par·a·gon

(păr′ə-gŏn′, -gən)n.2. tr.v.par·a·goned, par·a·gon·ing, par·a·gons

paragon

(ˈpærəɡən) nvb (tr) archaic

par•a•gon

(ˈpær əˌgɒn, -gən)
n. v.t.

paragon

Past participle: paragoned
Gerund: paragoning

Imperative
paragon
paragon

Present
I paragon
you paragon
he/she/it paragons
we paragon
you paragon
they paragon

Preterite
I paragoned
you paragoned
he/she/it paragoned
we paragoned
you paragoned
they paragoned

Present Continuous
I am paragoning
you are paragoning
he/she/it is paragoning
we are paragoning
you are paragoning
they are paragoning

Present Perfect
I have paragoned
you have paragoned
he/she/it has paragoned
we have paragoned
you have paragoned
they have paragoned

Past Continuous
I was paragoning
you were paragoning
he/she/it was paragoning
we were paragoning
you were paragoning
they were paragoning

Past Perfect
I had paragoned
you had paragoned
he/she/it had paragoned
we had paragoned
you had paragoned
they had paragoned

Future
I will paragon
you will paragon
he/she/it will paragon
we will paragon
you will paragon
they will paragon

Future Perfect
I will have paragoned
you will have paragoned
he/she/it will have paragoned
we will have paragoned
you will have paragoned
they will have paragoned

Future Continuous
I will be paragoning
you will be paragoning
he/she/it will be paragoning
we will be paragoning
you will be paragoning
they will be paragoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been paragoning
you have been paragoning
he/she/it has been paragoning
we have been paragoning
you have been paragoning
they have been paragoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been paragoning
you will have been paragoning
he/she/it will have been paragoning
we will have been paragoning
you will have been paragoning
they will have been paragoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been paragoning
you had been paragoning
he/she/it had been paragoning
we had been paragoning
you had been paragoning
they had been paragoning

Conditional
I would paragon
you would paragon
he/she/it would paragon
we would paragon
you would paragon
they would paragon

Past Conditional
I would have paragoned
you would have paragoned
he/she/it would have paragoned
we would have paragoned
you would have paragoned
they would have paragoned

Noun	1.	paragon - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept beau ideal, perfection, idol ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain gold standard - a paragon of excellence; 'academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged'
2.	paragon - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, saint crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind; 'he's a jimdandy of a soldier' role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; 'every child needs a role model' class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; 'a humdinger of a secretary'

paragon

paragon

noun

paragon

[ˈpærəgən]N → modelom, dechadom
a paragon of virtue → un dechado de virtudes

paragon

[ˈpærəgən]n → parangonm
a paragon of virtue → un parangon de vertu

paragon

paragon

[ˈpærəgən]nparagon of virtue → modello di virtù

paragon

(ˈpӕrəgən) , ((American) -gon) noun
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