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perfection
English
Etymology
From Old French perfection, from Latin perfecti?. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p??f?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
perfection (countable and uncountable, plural perfections)
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- No tongue can her perfections tell
Quotations
- 1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others?;?which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
Synonyms
- faultlessness
- flawlessness
- impeccability
- infallibility
Translations
Verb
perfection (third-person singular simple present perfections, present participle perfectioning, simple past and past participle perfectioned)
- (obsolete, transitive) To perfect.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Foote to this entry?)
References
- perfection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Latin perfecti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.f?k.sj??/
Noun
perfection f (uncountable)
- perfection
Derived terms
Related terms
- parfait
Further reading
- “perfection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
perfection f (plural perfections)
- perfection
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perfectness
English
Etymology
perfect +? -ness
Noun
perfectness (usually uncountable, plural perfectnesses)
- The quality of being perfect; perfection.
Translations
perfectness From the web:
- what does perfection mean
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