From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparagonpar‧a‧gon /ˈpærəɡən $ -ɡɑːn/ noun [countable]GOOD/EXCELLENTsomeone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good etc – often used humorouslyparagon ofa paragon of virtueExamples from the Corpusparagon• The royal family could be relied upon as paragons of etiquette.• They, or at least the Quakers who lived in our town, had become paragons of propriety.• What did our long-sufferingparagon of good grace do?• It sometimes came as a slightshock to Wycliffe to have this paragon of the modernvirtues working under his direction.• I will actually allow you to see and speak to this paragon of beauty-not to mention good taste-in person.Originparagon(1500-1600) Early French, from Old Italianparagone"stone for testing gold", from paragonare"to test on such a stone", from Greekparakonan"to sharpen"