Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (18701938). Rogets International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | Division (I) Individual Volition | Section II. Prospective Volition |
2. Degree of Subservience |
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650. Perfection. |
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NOUN: | PERFECTION; perfectness &c. adj.; indefectibility; impeccancy, impeccability.
PARAGON, pink, beau ideal [F.]; pink -, acme- of perfection; ne plus ultra [L.]; summit [See Summit].
[COMPARISONS] cygne noir [F.]; Phnix or Phenix; black tulip, tulipe noir [F.]; philosophers stone; Koh-i-noor.
MODEL, standard, pattern, mirror, Admirable Crichton; trump, brick, corker, caution, humdinger [all slang]; the observed of all observers [Hamlet], very prince of.
Bayard, chevalier sans peur et sans reproche [F.]; Roland, Sidney.
MASTERPIECE, masterstroke, prizewinner, prize; superexcellence (goodness) [See Goodness]; transcendence (superiority) [See Superiority].
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VERB: | BE PERFECT &c. adj.; transcend (be supreme) [See Superiority].
PERFECT, bring to perfection, ripen, mature; consummate, crown, put the finishing touch to (or upon); complete [See Completion]; put in trim (prepare) [See Preparation]; maturate [rare].
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ADJECTIVE: | PERFECT, faultless; indefective [rare], indeficient [rare], indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection [See Imperfection]; unblemished, uninjured [See Deterioration]; sound, - as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless [obs. or dial.], scatheless, intact, harmless; seaworthy (safe) [See Utility]; right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Hor.]; consummate (complete) [See Completeness]; finished [See Completion]; complete in itself; well-rounded. BEST (good) [See Goodness]; model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned [rare], unparalleled (supreme) [See Superiority]; superhuman, divine; beyond all praise (approbation) [See Approbation]; sans peur et sans reproche [F.].
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ADVERB: | TO PERFECTION; perfectly &c. adj.; ad unguem [L.]; clean, - as a whistle; with a finish; to the limit.
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QUOTATIONS: | - Let us go on unto perfection.Hebrews vi, 1
- The perfection of art is to conceal art.Quintilian
- The glass of fashion and the mould of form.Hamlet
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