consummate

Definition

Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue."
• "A man of perfect and consummate virtue."
• "A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him."