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"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "täydellisyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfection"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfección"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vollkommenheit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Perfektion"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ustauhts",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "teleiótita",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "τελειότητα"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "teleiótēs",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
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"word": "τελειότης"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hishtalmut",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "הִשׁתַלְמוּת"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kamāl",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "tökéletesség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "tökély"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "kesempurnaan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "foirfeacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfezione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanzen",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "完全"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kampeki",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "完璧"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "banzen",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "万全"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wanbyeok",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "완벽"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wanjeon",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "완전"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "bêkêmasîtî"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfectiō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "paruhitanga"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfeccion"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fulfremednes"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kamâl",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "کمال"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doskonałość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfekcja"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfeição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perfecțiune"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soveršénstvo",
"sense": "being perfect",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "соверше́нство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
],
"word": "саврше́нство"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "ukamilifu"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam sŏmboon",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "ความสมบูรณ์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "mükemmellik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "mükemmeliyet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "kusursuzluk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doskonálistʹ",
"sense": "being perfect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доскона́лість"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "being perfect",
"word": "sự hoàn hảo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"perfection"
],
"word": "perfection"
}
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"ref": "1770, William Woty, Mock Invocation to Genius",
"text": "Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]",
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"ref": "2001 December 3, OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol, “AHSM Storytellers, Profiles”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon (Usenet)",
"text": "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.",
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