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Definitions for Quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛs ənsquin·tes·sence
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Princeton's WordNet
quintessence, ethernoun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
quintessencenoun
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
quintessencenoun
the most typical example or representative of a type
GCIDE
Quintessencenoun
The most characteristic form or most perfect example of some type of object.
Wiktionary
quintessencenoun
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.
quintessencenoun
A pure substance.
quintessencenoun
The essence in a thing that in its purest and most concentrated form.
quintessencenoun
The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
QUINTESSENCEnoun
Etymology: quinta essentia , Lat.
From their gross matter she abstracts the forms,
And draws a kind of quintessence from things. Davies.The ethereal quintessence of heav’n
Flew upward, spirited with various forms,
That rowl’d orbicular, and turn’d to stars. John Milton.They made fire, air, earth, and water, to be the four elements, of which all earthly things were compounded, and supposed the heavens to be a quintessence or fifth sort of body distinct from all these. Isaac Watts, Logick.
To me what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me, nor woman neither. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Who can in memory, or wit, or will,
Or air, or fire, or earth, or water find?
What alchymist can draw, with all his skill,
The quintessence of these out of the mind. Davies.For I am a very dead thing,
In whom love wrought new alchymy,
For by his art he did express
A quintessence even from nothingness,
From dull privations and lean emptiness. John Donne.Paracelsus, by the help of an intense cold, teaches to separate the quintessence of wine. Boyle.
Let there be light! said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the deep. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.When the supreme faculties move regularly, the inferior passions and affections following, there arises a serenity and complacency upon the whole soul, infinitely beyond the greatest bodily pleasures, the highest quintessence and elixir of worldly delights. Robert South, Sermons.
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quintessence
Quintessence refers to the purest or most concentrated form or embodiment of a particular quality, aspect, or thing. In classical philosophy, it also signifies the fifth and highest element in the universe, believed to be the substance that composed the heavenly bodies, after earth, air, fire, and water. Additionally, in cosmology, it is a hypothetical form of dark energy.
Webster Dictionary
Quintessencenoun
the fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment
Quintessencenoun
hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence
Quintessenceverb
to distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence
Etymology: [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence.]
Wikidata
Quintessence
Quintessence was a rock band formed in April 1969 in Notting Hill, London, England. The style was a mixture of jazz, psychedelic rock and progressive rock with an influence of music from India. Quintessence was among the first true progressive rock outfits signed by Island Records.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quintessence
kwin-tes′ens, n. the pure concentrated essence of anything, the most essential part of anything: the fifth essence, according to the Pythagoreans, beyond earth, water, fire, air.—adj. Quintessen′tial.—v.t. Quintessen′tialise. [Fr.,—L. quinta essentia, fifth essence, orig. applied to ether, supposed to be purer than fire, the highest of the four ancient elements.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Quintessence in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Quintessence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Quintessence in a Sentence
Just like the Tour de France, the French Open is the quintessence of professional sports with fans. The Roland Garros stadiums have many seats to fill, having it be played behind closed doors would be the worst solution but we would do it if the survival of those sports was at stake.
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