perfection

Roget-categorie 650

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#650. Perfection

zelfstandig naamwoord

perfection — perfectness etc. adj. — indefectibility^† — impeccancy^†, impeccability.
pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon — pink of perfection, acme of perfection — ne plus ultra [Lat.] — summit etc. 210.
cygne noir [Fr.] — philosopher's stone — chrysolite, Koh-i-noor.
model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton — trump, very prince of.
masterpiece, superexcellence etc. (goodness) 648^† — transcendence etc. (superiority) 33.

werkwoord

be perfect etc. adj. — transcend etc. (be supreme) 33.
bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature — complete etc. 729 — put in trim etc. (prepare) 673 — maturate.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

perfect, faultless — indefective^†, indeficient^†, indefectible — immaculate, spotless, impeccable — free from imperfection etc. 651 — unblemished, uninjured etc. 659 — sound, sound as a roach — in perfect condition — scathless^†, intact, harmless — seaworthy etc. (safe) 644 — right as a trivet — in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat.] [Horace]; consummate etc. (complete) 52 — finished etc. 729.
best etc. (good) 648 — model, standard — inimitable, unparagoned^†, unparalleled etc. (supreme) 33 — superhuman, divine — beyond all praise etc. (approbation) 931 — sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.].

bijwoord

to perfection — perfectly etc. adj. — ad unguem [Lat.] — clean, clean as a whistle.

uitdrukking

let us go on unto perfection" [Hebrews vi, 1]; the perfection of art is to conceal art" [Quintilian].

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