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Grammar : Noun
Spell : adjective, noun pur-fikt; verb per-fekt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈpɜr fɪkt; verb pərˈfɛkt



Definition of perfectness

Origin :
  • early 15c. alteration of Middle English parfit (c.1300), from Old French parfit "finished, completed, ready" (11c.), from Latin perfectus "completed, excellent, accomplished, exquisite," past participle of perficere "accomplish, finish, complete," from per- "completely" (see per) + facere "to perform" (see factitious). Often used in English as an intensive (perfect stranger, etc.).
  • As in perfection : noun achievement, completeness
Example sentences :
  • What is common to them all,that perfectness and harmony, is beauty.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • But demuth signifies "a likeness," or "the perfectness of an image."
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
  • Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
  • We then say that the classic does not satisfy us, and that the "Grecian cloys us with his perfectness."
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • The tares must be taken away in order to the perfectness and usefulness of the wheat.
  • Extract from : « Talks To Farmers » by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • So, then, He who has created the soul will bring it to perfectness.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job » by Robert Watson
  • Now, this ideal is clearly one of perfectness and completeness of mere form.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • It happened to come to me in perfectness when I was young—love.
  • Extract from : « Life at High Tide » by Various
  • No science has as yet arrived at completeness and perfectness.
  • Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen
  • Quality, not quantity, is the thing that determines the perfectness of a life.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts for the Quiet Hour » by Various

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