Paragon (noun)
pa-ra-gon
A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
Mid 16th century from obsolete French, from Italian paragone ‘touchstone to try good (gold) from bad’, from medieval Greek parakonē ‘whetstone’.
Example sentences
“She was a paragon of virtue.”
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