parage 
If she be riche and of heigh parage, 
Thanne seistow it is a tormentrie 
To soffren hire pride and hire malencolie. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 250. 
paragenesis (par-a-jen'e-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
Ttapa, beside, + -jiveoic, origin : see genesis.] 1. 
In biol., the origination, in an individual of a 
given species, of characters due to or in part 
derived from another species, as in hybridiza- 
tion; hybridism, with reference to the congeni- 
tal peculiarities of the resulting offspring. 2. 
In mineral., the association of mineral species 
with each other with reference to the order and 
mode of their formation. 
paragenetic(par"a-je-net'ik), a. [(paragenesis, 
after genetic.] Of or'pertaining to paragenesis ; 
originating by paragenesis; paragenic. Para- 
genetic twin. See twin. 
paragenic (par-a-jen'ik), a. [< Gr. napa, be- 
side, + -yevjfr, produced: see -genous,] Origi- 
nating with the germ or at the genesis of an 
individual: applied to bodies having original 
or congenital peculiarities of structure, charac- 
ter, and the like, and specifically in mineralogy 
to a mineral whose formation has been influ- 
enced by associated species. 
parageusia (par-a-gu'si-ii), n. [NL., <Gr. Tronii, 
beside, + yeixnt;, the sense of taste, < yemavai, 
taste: see gust 2 .] Perverted sense of taste. 
Also parageusis. 
Parageuxia is most common for sapid substances. 
Amer. Jour. Peychol., I. 510. 
parageusic (par-a-gu'sik), a. [< parageusia + 
-ic.] Of or pertaining to parageusia. 
parageusis (par-a-gu'sis), n. [NL. : see para- 
geusia.] Same as parageusia. 
paraglenal (par-a-gle'nal), n. and a'. [( Gr. 
irapa, beside, + farnyi, the socket of a joint : 
see glene.] I. n. The coracoid of a fish ; a car- 
tilage or bone applied to the inner surface of 
the chief element of the scapular arch of some 
fishes, and bearing at its posterior margin the 
actinosts which support the pectoral fin. 
II. a. Having the character of or pertaining 
to the paragleual : as, & paraglenal cartilage or 
bone. 
paraglobin (par-a-glo'bin), 11. [( Gr. napa, be- 
side, + E. globing] Same as paraglobulin. 
paraglobulin (par-a-glob'u-lin), . [< Gr. irapd, 
beside, + E. globulin.] A globulin found in 
blood-serum, and in small quantities elsewhere 
in the tissues. Also called fibrinoplastin . 
paraglossa (par-a-glos'a), n. ; pi. paraglossse 
(-e). [NL.,<Gr. irapd, beside, + yMmoa, tongue.] 
One of a pair of appendages, right 
and left, of the ligula, placed usu- 
ally on each side of the glossa, 
whence the name. In this nomen- 
clature the appendages of the ligula are 
the single and median glossa, a pair of 
paraglossce, and the labial palpi. Para- 
glossse occur in many insects of different 
orders ; in some hymenopters they are 
long blade-like organs, acting as palps. 
See ligula, and also cuts under mouth-part, 
Hymenoptera, and Insecta. 
paraglossal (par-a-glos'al), a. [( 
paraglossa + -at.] Having the - 
character of a paraglossa; pertaining to the 
paraglossw. 
paraglossate (par-a-glos'at), . [< paraglossa 
+ -afei.] Provided with paraglossse, as an in- 
sect or the ligula of an insect. 
paraglossia (par-a-glos'i-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
wapa, beside, 4- yhuoaa, tongue.] Parenchyma- 
tous glossitis. 
paragnathism (pa-rag'na-thizm), . [< parag- 
nath-ous + -ism.] In ornith., the state of being 
paragnathous. Coues, 1864. See epignathism. 
paragnathous (pa-rag'na-thus), a. [< Gr. irapd, 
beside, + yvddof, jaw.] lu ornith., having both 
mandibles of equal length, their tips falling to- 
gether: said of the beaks of birds, and of the 
birds themselves. Coues, 1864. 
paragoge (par-a-go'je), n. [= F. Sp. Pg. It. 
paragoge, < LL. paragoge, < Gr. irapayuj-i?, lead- 
ing by, alteration, addition to the end of a syl- 
lable, < Trapayuv, lead by, < vapa, beyond, + 
ayeiv, lead.] The addition, by growth or ac- 
cident, of a non-significant letter or syllable 
to the end of a word: opposed to prosthesis 
and apocope. Examples are len-d, amongs-t, 
agains-t, white-t, tyran-t. Also called epithesis 
and ectasis. 
paragogic (par-a-goj'ik), a. [= F. paragogique 
= Pg. It. paragogico; as paragoge + -ic.] Per- 
taining to or of the nature of paragoge ; that 
lengthens a word by the addition of one or 
more final sounds or letters. 
End of Labi- 
urn of Eristalis 
bear- 
fforcns, 
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4276 
ya-stems are really from the locative i + a paragogic ele- 
ment a, o, etc. Amer. Jour. Philol., VI. 431. 
Paragogic future, in gram. See cohortative. Para- 
gogic letters, in Semitic grammar, letters which, by 
their addition to the ordinary form of the word, impart ad- 
ditional emphasis or mark some change in the sense. 
paragogical (par-a-goj'i-kal), a. [< paragogic 
+ -al.] Relating to or characterized by para- 
goge; paragogic; added; additional. 
You cite them to appeare for certaine Paragogicatt con- 
tempts, before a capricious Psodantie of hot-hver'd Gram- 
marians. Milton, On Def. of Hurnb. Remonst. 
paragon (par'a-gon), n. [< OF. paragon, F. 
parangon = li. paragone, paragon (parangone, 
a kind of type),< OSp. paragon, Sp. parangoti, & 
model, paragon, (.para con, in comparison with : 
para, for, to, toward (OSp. pora, < L. pro, for, 
+ ad, to); con, with, < L. cum, with.] 1. A 
model or pattern ; especially, a model or pattern 
of special excellence or perfection. 
Vol. Is she not a heavenly saint? 
Pro. No ; but she is an earthly paragon. 
Shak., T. G. of V., II. 4. 146. 
He rises before us as the paragon and epitome of a whole 
spiritual period. Carlyle. 
2f. A companion; fellow; mate. 
Alone he rode, without his Paragone. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 3ft. 
3f. A rival. 
For Love and Lordship bide no parayone. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 1026. 
Their Valley, walled with bald Hills before, . . . 
Is now an Eden, and th' All-circling Sun, 
For fruitf ull beauty, sees no Paragon. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Schisme. 
4f. Rivalry; emulation; hence, comparison ; a 
test of excellence or superiority. 
Bards tell of many wemen valorous, 
Which have full many feats adventurous 
Performd, in paragone of proudest men. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. 111. 54. 
But never let th' ensample of the had 
Offend the good ; for good, by paragone 
Of evill, may more notably be rad. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. ix. 2. 
5f. A stuff, embroidered or plain , used for dress 
and upholstery in the seventeenth century. 6. 
A diamond weighing more than 100 carats. 7. 
A size of printing-type, about 3f lines to the 
inch, the intermediate of the larger size double 
small-pica and the smaller size great-primer, 
equal to 20 points, and so distinguished in the 
new system of sizes. 
paragon (par'a-gon), v. [< OF. paragonner, F. 
parangonner= Sp. paragonar, parangonar= It. 
paragonare; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To 
compare; parallel; mention in comparison or 
competition. 
By Isis, I will give thee bloody teeth, 
If thou with Cresar paragon again 
My man of men. Shot. , A. and C., i. 5. 71. 
Pandsemonium, city and proud seat 
Of Lucifer ; so by allusion call'd 
Of that bright star to Satan paragon'd. 
Milton, P. L., x. 426. 
2. To admit comparison with; rival; equal. 
Who could paragon 
The fervid choir that lifted up a noise 
Of harmony ? Keats, Sleep and Poetry. 
3f. To go beyond; excel; surpass. 
A maid that paragons description. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 62. 
II. intrans. To compare; pretend to com- 
parison or equality. 
He should convert his eyes to see the beauty of Doro- 
thea, and he should see that few or none could for feature 
paragon with her. 
Skelton, tr. of Don Quixote, iv. 9. (Latham.) 
paragone (par-a-go'ne), n. [It. : see paragon.'} 
1. A touchstone that is, stone of comparison. 
2. The black marble of Bergamo : so called 
on account of the excellence of the polish it re- 
ceives. 
paragonite (par'a-gon-It), . [< paragon + 
-ite 2 7] A kind of mica, analogous to muscovite 
in composition, but containing sodium in place 
of potassium: it is characteristic of the para- 
gonite-schist of the Alps. 
par agoni t e-schist (par' a-gon-It-shist ' ) , . Mica- 
schist in which a hydrous soda variety of mica, 
called paragonite, takes the place of musco- 
vite, the most common micaceous constituent 
of that rock. 
paragonizet (par'a-gpn-Iz), . t. [= Sp. paran- 
i/o/tizar; as paragon + -ize.] To compare; par- 
agon. 
Faire women whose excellencie is disconered by para- 
gonizing or setting one to another, which moued the zeal- 
ous Poet, speaking of the mayden Queene, to call her the 
paragon of Queenes. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 195. 
paragraphist 
paragram(par'a-gram),'n. [< LL. paragramma, 
< Gr. napaypa/ifia, that which one writes beside, 
< Trapaypcufiew, write beside : see paragraph.] A 
play upon words ; a pun. 
Aristotle, in the eleventh chapter of his book of rhetorick. 
describes two or three kinds of puns, which he calls para- 
grams. Addison, Spectator, No. 61. 
paragrammatist (par-a-gram'a-tist), n. [< LL. 
paragramma(t-) (see paragram) + -ist.] A 
punster. 
A country school-master of my acquaintance told me 
once that he had been in company with a gentleman whom 
he looked upon to be the greatest paragrammatist among 
the moderns. Addison, Spectator, No. 61. 
paragrandine (par-a-gran'din), n. [< ML. pa- 
rare, guard against, parry (see pare*, and cf. 
parasol), + li.granao (grandin-), hail: see gran- 
dinous.] An apparatus intended to prevent the 
occurrence of hail-storms. It consists of an adapta- 
tion of the lightning-rod raised in various ways above the 
field or garden which it is desired to protect, and was sup- 
posed to prevent the formation of hailstones by attracting 
and conducting to earth the free electricity to which they 
might owe their origin. It is now considered to be inef- 
fective, or of but little effect. Also called paragrele. 
paragraph (par'a-graf), n. [Early mod. E.para- 
graffe, < ME. paragraf, paragraffe, also paraf, 
paraffe (see paraph), also pargrafte, pylcrafte, 
pilecrafte (whence pilcrow, q. v.), < OF. para- 
graphs (also paraphe, etc.), F.paragraphc = Sp. 
pardgraj 'o,parrafo = Pg.paragrapho = It.para- 
grafo, parafo, < ML. paragraphic, < Gr. Trapa- 
ypaQof, a linedrawn in the margin, also, like vapa- 
ypc fa, a marginal note, a paragraph, a brief sum- 
mary, an exception, demurrer, < irapaypa<j>uv, 
write beside, < irapd, beside, + ypa<peiv, write.] 
1 . A distinct part of a discourse or writing re- 
lating to a particular point, whether consisting 
of one sentence or of many sentences : in this 
sense the word does not necessarily imply the 
division defined below. 
This large paragraph of Plotinus Is not without some 
small truth in it, if rightly limited and understood. 
Dr. H. More, Immortal, of Soul, Hi. 11. 
2. A division of written or printed matter, usu- 
ally formed by beginning on a new line, and by 
leaving a small blank space before the first let- 
ter. 
It will be noticed also that Sommalius divided the chap- 
ters [of "The Imitation of Christ "J into paragraphs, which 
many translators have followed ; and since his time the 
paragraphs have been further divided into verses, as they 
now appear in the more modern editions. 
The Academy, June 15, 1889, p. 407. 
3. A short passage ; a brief notice, as in a news- 
paper. 4. A character having the form 51, used 
to mark or (in manuscript for the press or in 
proof) to give direction for the beginning of 
a new paragraph, or as a mark of reference. 
This character is a reversed P, the initial let- 
ter of paragraph. Abbreviated par Hanging 
paragraph. See hanging indention, under indention?. 
paragraph (par'a-graf), r. t. [(.paragraph, n.] 
1. To form into or write in paragraphs. 2. To 
mention or speak of in a paragraph; specifi- 
cally, to make the subject of a paragraph or 
brief notice in a newspaper. 
I am sneered at by all my acquaintance, and paragraphed 
in the newspapers. Sheridan, School for Scandal, 1. 2. 
3. Same as paraph. 
The Duke of Orleans, Monsieur the Prince, and super- 
intendents deliver them to the greffler, or clerk, by whom 
they are to be allowed, that is paragraphed, in parchment. 
Evelyn, State of France. 
paragrapher (par'a-graf -er), . One who writes 
paragraphs for or as if for newspapers ; a para- 
graphist. 
[He] asserts that his poetry will be read when Sliakc- 
spere is forgotten. "Possibly, but not before," remarks 
a paragrapher. The Literary Era, II. 160, 
paragraphia (par-a-graf 'i-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
jrapaypdfjieiv, write beside : see paragraph.] The 
aphasic symptom of writing one word for an- 
other. 
paragraphic (par-a-graf'ik), . [< paragraph 
+ -ic.~\ 1 . Characterized by division into para- 
graphs; exhibiting frequent breaks in writing. 
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a para- 
graph or brief notice ; consisting of paragraphs ; 
also, writing or contributing paragraphs. 
No style of newspaper writing is more liable to abuse 
than the paragraphic. G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, II. 358. 
paragraphical (par-a-graf'i-kal), a. [( para- 
graphic + -a/.] Same as paragraphic. 
I am very paragraphical, and, you see, have nothing to 
say. Walpole, Letters, II. 134. 
paragraphically (par-a-graf'i-kal-i), tulr. By 
or with paragraphs ; in paragraphs. 
paragraphist (par'a-graf-ist), n. [(paragraph 
+ -igt.] One who writes paragraphs; a para- 
