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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
paragon/ˈparəɡən/
▶noun
- 1 a person or thing regarded as a model of excellence or of a particular quality.
- 2 a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more.
– origin C16: from obs. Fr., from Ital. paragone ‘touchstone’, from med. Gk parakonē ‘whetstone’.
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