perfection

Etymology

From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.

noun

  1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
    We seek complete perfection.
    The system runs to perfection.
    to imitate a model to perfection
  2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

verb

  1. (now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect.
    Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…] 1770, William Woty, Mock Invocation to Genius
    The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up. 3 December 2001, OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol, “AHSM Storytellers, Profiles”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon (Usenet)

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