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quin·tes·sence    Audio Help   [kwin-tes-uhns] Pronunciation Key
–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.

[Origin: 1400–50; ME < ML quīnta essentia fifth essence]

quin·tes·sen·tial    Audio Help   [kwin-tuh-sen-shuhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
quin·tes·sen·tial·ly, adverb
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quin·tes·sen·tial    Audio Help   (kwĭn'tə-sěn'shəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical: "Liszt was the quintessential romantic" (Musical Heritage Review).

quin'tes·sen'tial·ly adv.
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quintessential

adjective
representing the perfect example of a class or quality 

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Quintessential

Quin`tes*sen"tial\, a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. "Quintessential extract of mediocrity." --G. Eliot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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