English Explanatory Dictionary

pur sang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Beyond doubt or being a model example; the ne plus ultra or epitome; the definitive.

Word forms

pur sang

Etymology

From French pur-sang (“pure blood or thoroughbred (as used of a horse)”), from pur (“pure”) and sang (“blood”).

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