by-word | object of scorn, model of cowardice |
card | [compass-card, on which the 32 points of the compass are marked] model, accurate guide |
copy | example, model, pattern |
Damon | ['daymon] man from Syracuse seen as a model of faithful friendship, offering his life to help his friend Pythias |
doctor | scholar, model of intelligence |
example | find an example for, provide a model for |
feat | show a model of behaviour |
follow | imitate, copy; take as a model [in fashion] |
Golias, Goliath | [pron: go'liyas] in the Bible, Goliath; a giant, seen as a model of strength |
grace | model of beauty, exquisite being [as one of the Three Graces] |
Grissel | Griselda, model of wifely patience in Chaucer's 'Clerk’s Tale' |
last | wooden model of the foot, for shaping shoes |
man of wax | faultless, perfect [as of a wax model] |
mirror | supreme example, paragon, model of excellence |
model | replica, image, copy |
model | microcosm, miniature, tiny replica |
model | ground-plan, layout, outline |
model | design, blueprint, ground plan |
module | image, pattern, model, empty pretence |
mould | model, pattern, paradigm |
mould | model, shape, fashion |
Nero | [pron: 'neeroh] Roman emperor, 1st-c, who slew his mother, Agrippina; said to have played on his lute while watching Rome burn; considered a model of cruelty |
pattern | picture, model, specimen, example |
pattern | show a model, give a precedent |
piece | [of virtue] model, picture, paragon |
precedent | worthy example, model to be followed [in mediaeval chivalry] |
sample | example, exemplar, model |
Sarah | in the Bible, Abraham’s wife, seen as a model of submission to a husband |