A faultless cube. A truly good man; a regular brick. (See Brick.)
O γ ωζ αληθωζ αγαθoζ και τετραγωνoζ ανεν ψóγoν.—Aristotle: Nicomachcan Ethics, i. 11, sec. 11.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.