quintessence
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əns noun
1.
the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
2.
the most perfect embodiment of something.
3.
(in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element, ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies, the others being air, fire, earth, and water.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the most typical representation of a quality, state, etc |
| 2. | an extract of a substance containing its principle in its most concentrated form |
| 3. | (in ancient and medieval philosophy) ether, the fifth and highest essence or element after earth, water, air, and fire, which was thought to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things |
| [C15: via French from Medieval Latin quinta essentia the fifth essence, translation of Greek pemptē ousia] | |
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Word Origin & History
quintessence
early 15c., in ancient and medieval philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the heavenly bodies are composed," lit. "fifth essence," from M.Fr. quinte essence (14c.), from M.L. quinta essentia, from L. quinta, fem. of quintus "fifth" + essentia (see essence). Loan-translation
of Gk. pempte ousia, the "ether" added by Aristotle to the four known elements (water, earth, fire, air) and said to permeate all things. Its extraction was one of the chief goals of alchemy. Sense of "purest essence" (of a situation, character, etc.) is first recorded 1580s.
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Example sentences
Another version of the dark energy theory, called quintessence, suggests a force that varies in time and space.
He's the quintessence of arrogant ruthlessness, yet he's awkwardly innocent.
See:The formulation of harmonic quintessence and a fundamental energy equivalence equation.
Its conclusion is the very quintessence of hopelessness.
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