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super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c. 33; perfection &c.

650; coup de maitre[Fr]; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre[Fr], prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, c.o.c.k of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy.

tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis[Lat], one in a thousand.

beneficence &c. 906; good man &c. 948.

V. be beneficial &c. Adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c.



(be of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618.

be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of.

produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve &c. 658.

do no harm, break no bones.

be good &c. adj.; excel, transcend &c. (be superior) 33; bear away the bell.

stand the proof, stand the test; pa.s.s muster, pa.s.s an examination.

challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.

Adj. harmless, hurtless[obs3]; un.o.bnoxious[obs3], innocuous, innocent, inoffensive.

beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c. (useful) 644; advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c. (healthful) 656.

favorable; propitious &c. (hope-giving) 858; fair.

good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior &c. 33; above par; nice, fine; genuine &c. (true) 494.

best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superlatively &c. 33; good; bully*, crackajack*[obs3], giltedged; superfine, superexcellent[obs3]; of the first water; first-rate, first-cla.s.s; high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650; inimitable.

admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c. (approve) 931; pleasing &c.

829; couleur de rose[Fr], precious, of great price; costly &c. (dear) 814; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.

tolerable &c. (not very good) 651; up to the mark, unexceptionable, un.o.bjectionable; satisfactory, tidy.

in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650.

Adv. beneficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618.

Phr. "Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; "long may such goodness live!" [Rogers]; "the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith].

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#649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness. -- N.

hurtfulness &c. Adj[obs3].; virulence.

evil doer &c. 913; bane &c. 663; plague spot &c. (insalubrity) 657; evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the gra.s.s, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid[Lat][obs3], thorn in the side.

malignity; malevolence &c. 907; tender mercies [ironically].

ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution, outrage; misusage &c. 679; injury &c. (damage) 659; knockout drops [U. S.].

badness &c. adj.; peccancy[obs3], abomination; painfulness &c. 830; pestilence &c. (disease) 655; guilt &c. 947; depravity &c. 945.

V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil &c. 619; d.a.m.nify[obs3], endamage[obs3], hurt, harm; injure &c. (damage) 659; pain &c. 830.

wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c. 830.

maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble.

destroy &c. 162.

Adj. hurtful, harmful, scathful[obs3], baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable[obs3], disadvantageous; wide-wasting.

unlucky, sinister; obnoxious; untoward, disastrous.

oppressive, burdensome, onerous; malign &c. (malevolent) 907.

corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous &c. (morbific) 657[obs3]; deadly &c. (killing) 361; destructive &c. (destroying) 162; inauspicious &c. 859.

bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful; horrid, horrible; dire; rank, peccant, foul, fulsome; rotten, rotten at the core.

vile, base, villainous; mean &c. (paltry) 643; injured &c.

deteriorated &c. 659; unsatisfactory, exceptionable, indifferent; below par &c. (imperfect) 651; illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful &c. (painful) 830.

evil, wrong; depraved &c. 945; shocking; reprehensible &c.

(disapprove) 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; d.a.m.ned, d.a.m.nable; infernal; diabolic &c. (malevolent) 907.

unadvisable &c. (inexpedient) 647; unprofitable &c. (useless) 645; incompetent &c. (unskillful) 699; irremediable &c. (hopeless) 859.

Adv. badly &c. Adj.; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches.

Phr. bad is the best; the worst come to the worst; herba mala presto cresco [Lat]; "wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged" [Wordsworth].

#650. Perfection. -- N. perfection; perfectness &c. adj.; indefectibility[obs3]; impeccancy[obs3], impeccability.

pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon; pink of perfection, acme of perfection; ne plus ultra[Lat]; summit &c. 210.

cygne noir[Fr]; philosopher's stone; chrysolite, Koh-i-noor.

model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton; trump, very prince of.

masterpiece, superexcellence &c. (goodness) 648[obs3]; transcendence &c. (superiority) 33.

V. be perfect &c. adj.; transcend &c. (be supreme) 33.

bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete &,,c. 729; put in trim &c. (prepare) 673; maturate.

Adj. perfect, faultless; indefective[obs3], indeficient[obs3], indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection &c.

651; unblemished, uninjured &c. 659; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless[obs3], intact, harmless; seaworthy &c. (safe) 644; right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat][Horace]; consummate &c. (complete) 52; finished &c. 729.

best &c. (good) 648; model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superhuman, divine; beyond all praise &c.

(approbation) 931; sans peur et sans reproche[Fr].

adv. to perfection; perfectly &c. adj.; ad unguem[Lat]; clean, - as a whistle.

phr. "let us go on unto perfection" [ Hebrews vi, 1]; "the perfection of art is to conceal art" [Quintilian].

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#651. Imperfection. -- N. imperfection; imperfectness &c. Adj.; deficiency; inadequacy &c. (insufficiency) 640; peccancy &c. (badness) 649[obs3]; immaturity &c. 674.

fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw &c. (break) 70; gap &c.

198; twist &c. 243; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish &c. 848; weakness &c. 160; half blood; shortcoming &c. 304; drawback; seamy side.

mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-horse shay.

V. be imperfect &c. adj.; have a defect &c. n.; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak.

not pa.s.s muster, barely pa.s.s muster; fall short &c. 304.

Adj. imperfect; not perfect &c. 650; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped &c. (distort) 243; lame; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659; peccant &c. (bad) 649; frail &c. (weak) 160; inadequate &c. (insufficient) 640; crude &c.

(unprepared) 674; incomplete &c. 53; found wanting; below par; short- handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement.

indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average &c. 29; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, pa.s.sable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; in.o.bjectionable[obs3], un.o.bjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing.

secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.].

Adv. almost &c.; to a limited extent, rather &c. 32; pretty, moderately, pa.s.sing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.

Phr. surgit amari aliquid[Lat].

#652. Cleanness. -- N. cleanness, cleanliness &c. adj.; purity; cleaning &c. v.; purification, defecation &c. v.; purgation, l.u.s.tration[obs3]; detersion[obs3], abstersion[obs3]; epuration[obs3], mundation ; ablution, lavation[obs3], colature ; disinfection &c. v.; drainage, sewerage.

lavatory, laundry, washhouse[obs3]; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi[obs3], laundryman, washerman[obs3]; scavenger, dustman[obs3], sweep; white wings brush[Local U. S.]; broom, besom[obs3], mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter.

napkin, cloth, maukin , malkin , handkerchief, towel, sudary[obs3]; doyley[obs3], doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab.

cover, drugget[obs3].

wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c. v.; disinfectant; aperient[obs3]; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin[obs3]; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent[obs3], laxative.

V. be clean, render clean &c. Adj.

clean, cleanse; mundify , rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.

wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge , deterge[obs3]; decra.s.sify[obs3]; clear, purify; depurate[obs3], despumate[obs3], defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate[Chem], lixiviate[obs3], edulcorate[obs3], clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain.

disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate.

sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.

rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of.

Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut.

neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c. v.; kempt[obs3].

abstergent[obs3], cathartic, cleansing, purifying.

Adv. neatly &c. adj.; clean as a whistle.

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