(~s)
If you say that someone is the ~ of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
He was usually the ~ of kindness.
N-SING: usu the N of n
(~s)
If you say that someone is the ~ of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
He was usually the ~ of kindness.
N-SING: usu the N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012