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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Early French, from Old Italian paragone 'stone for testing gold', from paragonare 'to test on such a stone', from Greek parakonan 'to sharpen'

paragon

 noun
     
par‧a‧gon [countable]
someone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good etc - often used humorously
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