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   Quin·tes·sence

   /kwinˈtes(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: "he was the quintessence of political professionalism" Similar perfect exampleexemplarprototypestereotypepictureepitomeembodimentpersonificationparagonidealbestcreameliteflowerjewelgempickprimelast wordacme of perfectioncrème de la crèmebeau idéal
   • ▪ the aspect of something regarded as the intrinsic and central constituent of its character: "we were all brought up to believe that advertising is the quintessence of marketing" Similar essencesoulspiritethosnaturecoreheartcentercruxnubnucleuskernelmarrowpithsubstancesum and substanceinformal:nitty-grittyquiddityesse
   • ▪ a refined essence or extract of a substance.
   • ▪ (in classical and medieval philosophy) a fifth substance in addition to the four elements, thought to compose the heavenly bodies and to be latent in all things.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in philosophy): via French from medieval Latin quinta essentia ‘fifth essence’.

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   • Define quintessence. quintessence synonyms, quintessence pronunciation, quintessence translation, English dictionary definition of quintessence. n. 1. The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing. 2. The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.

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   • The earliest known use of the noun quintessence is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for quintessence is from around 1460, in the writing of John Lydgate, poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. quintessence is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin.

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   • We have since given up on that idea, but we kept quintessence, the offspring of quinta essentia, as a word for the purest essence of a thing. Some modern physicists have given quintessence a new twist—they use it to refer to a form of the dark energy believed to make up almost 70 percent of the energy in the observable universe.

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   The meaning of QUINTESSENCE is the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies.

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