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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quin•tes•sence /kwɪnˈtɛsəns/USA pronunciation n. [countable* usually singular;
usually: the + ~]- the most perfect type or example of something:the quintessence of honesty.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quin•tes•sence (kwin tes′əns),USA pronunciation n. - the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
- the most perfect embodiment of something.
- Philosophy(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.
- Medieval Latin quīnta essentia fifth essence
- 1400–50; Middle English
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