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PARAGON

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 756 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARAGON , a See also:

term for that which is a See also:model of excellence or See also:pattern of perfection, hence some See also:person or thing which has no equal. The word was adopted from the O. Fr. paragon, Mod. paraggon, Ital. paragon and Span. paragon. The See also:Spanish has usually been taken as the source, and the word explained as from the prepositional phrase See also:Para See also:con, in comparison with. But the word first appears in See also:Italian, meaning a " touchstone.” The Italian word may be connected with the Gr. lraparov&v, to sharpen by the use of a See also:whetstone (See also:alto' ). The term has been used in several technical applications, e.g. in See also:printing, of a large See also:style of type between " See also:great primer " and " See also:double See also:pica," now usually called " two-See also:line See also:long primer "; of a See also:diamond weighing more than See also:loo carats; and formerly of a fabric used for hangings in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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