Quintessence

[Quin*tes·sence]

The quintessence of something is its perfect, ideal example. Some people say that the quintessence of American cuisine is the hamburger. Vegetarians may beg to differ.

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The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

Noun
the most typical example or representative of a type

Noun
the purest and most concentrated essence of something

Noun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies


n.
The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

n.
Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.

v. t.
To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.


Quintessence

Quin*tes"sence , n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence.] 1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.] &hand; The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence. 2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep.

Quintessence

Quin*tes"sence, v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [R.] Stirling. "Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power." J. A. Symonds.

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.

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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

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