Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Effectual; actual.
  • noun Literally, one who performs a complete or lasting work; specifically, one who endows a charity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity.
  • adjective rare Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who performs or perfects a work.
  • noun One who endows a charity.

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  • The brown nose is smugly proficient

    And lazybones barely sufficient,

    But have we no name

    For steady but game,

    The student who’s calmly perficient?

    February 13, 2019