Quintessence - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kwɪnˈtesns|
Brit.
|kwɪnˈtes(ə)ns|
noun
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies (syn: ether)
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- the most typical example or representative of a type
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- the most typical example or representative of a type
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...the Parthenon in Greece was considered the quintessence of the perfectly proportioned building...
...a selfless desire to help others is the quintessence of the virtue of charity...
She was the personified quintessence of the nation.
He was the quintessence of all that Eva most deeply loathed.
John is the quintessence of good manners.
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