Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Perfect (-er, -est)
perfect (-er, -est), adj. [ME < OFr parfit < L. perfect-um, accomplished, performed, completed.] (webplay: becoming, Being, consummate, distinct, endowment, excellence, flower, full, heart, heaven, highest, holiness, imitate, infinite, leave, life, love, nature, new, powers, soul, species, supreme, wanting, worth).
- Immortal; eternal; everlasting; perpetual; holy; celestial.
- Exactly like; extremely similar to; closely imitating.
- Pure; clean; unblemished; flawless.
- Divine; supremely holy; all-powerful.
- Full; whole; completely illuminated.
- Complete; thorough.
- Entire; total; absolute.
- Consummate; final; crowning; culminating; climactic.
- Excellent; wonderful; lacking nothing.
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