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perfection

/pəˈfekʃən/pur-FEK-shuhn
/pɚˈfɛkʃən/pur-FEK-shuhn

Meaningthe act of doing thoroughly

Common meaning: being without fault

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchparfitsource
  2. Middle Englishparfitsource
  3. Englishperfect‘complete, without fault’
  4. Englishformed in English from perfectperfection‘being without fault’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from perfect + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PERFECT, p.434 · scan

Source words

  • parfit Old French · source word “done thoroughly”

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