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consummate

con·sum·mate

UK/ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/ US/ˈkɒnsjʊmeɪt/ uncommon obsolete
verb (2) adjective (3)

verb

1.

of marriages

2.

adjective

1.

having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

  • “a consummate artist”
  • “consummate skill”
  • “a masterful speaker”
  • “masterful technique”
  • “a masterly performance of the sonata”
  • “a virtuoso performance”
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2.

perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

  • “a complete gentleman”
  • “consummate happiness”
  • “a consummate performance”
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3.

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

  • “an arrant fool”
  • “a complete coward”
  • “a consummate fool”
  • “a double-dyed villain”
  • “gross negligence”
  • “a perfect idiot”
  • “pure folly”
  • “what a sodding mess”
  • “stark staring mad”
  • “a thoroughgoing villain”
  • “utter nonsense”
  • “the unadulterated truth”
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Origin

First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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  • consummate marriage

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