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Learned borrowing fromLatinperfectus.^[1]Doublet ofparfait,perfect, andperfecto.

perfectus (pluralperfecti)

1. (historical, Christianity)Synonym ofperfect(“leader of the Cathar movement”).

FromProto-Italic*perifaktos. Perfect passive participle ofperficiō, fromper-(completive prefix) +faciō(“to do, make”). Bysurface analysis,per- +‎factus.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [pɛrˈfɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [perˈfɛk.t̪us]

perfectus (feminineperfecta,neuterperfectum);first/second-declension participle

1. finished;completed

   Synonyms:absolūtus,complētus

   Antonyms:imperfectus,infectus,incohātus

2. executed;carried out;performed

   Synonyms:factus,effectus

3. perfected; madeexquisite
4. achieved;accomplished
5. caused;brought about

First/second-declension adjective.

perfectus (feminineperfecta,neuterperfectum,comparativeperfectior,superlativeperfectissimus,adverbperfectē);first/second-declension adjective

1. complete
2. perfect;excellent;exquisite
3. (of people)talented;accomplished(of very highskill)
4. (of inanimate objects and concepts)noble;virtuous
5. (Medieval Latin)righteous;honorable
6. (grammar)perfect(relating to theperfect tense)

First/second-declension adjective.

perfectus m (genitiveperfectūs);fourth declension

1. (rare) adoing; amaking

Fourth-declension noun.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [pɛrˈfɛk.tuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [perˈfɛk.t̪us]

perfectūs

1. inflection ofperfectus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural
   2. genitivesingular

• “perfectus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perfectus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "perfectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “perfectus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed fromLatinperfectus.

perfectus m

1. perfect (faultless, etc.)
   • circa 980,La Vie de Saint Léger

     Perfectus fud in caritet

     He was perfect in terms of charity

• TheVie de Saint Léger citation above is the only known recorded usage.

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