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adj
Beyond doubt or being a model example; the ne plus ultra or epitome; the definitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, postpositional
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French pur-sang (“pure blood or thoroughbred (as used of a horse)”), from pur (“pure”) and sang (“blood”).
